< Ursa Major showed himself to be one of the best young stayers in Ireland as he took the Gain Horse Feeds Irish St Leger Trial at the Curragh.
Tommy Carmody's three-year-old (4-1), running in the colours of Andrew Tinkler, had impressed in handicaps ahead of this Group Three contest and is clearly still on the upgrade.
Odds-on favourite Hartani led soon after turning into the straight, but Ursa Major arrived on his shoulder full of running and Fergal Lynch confidently rode him to forge clear by a length and three-quarters in the final half-furlong.
David Wachman and Wayne Lordan landed a double highlighted by the success of consistent juvenile Three Sea Captains in the Listed Manguard Plus Curragh Stakes.
Lordan produced the 8-1 shot, placed in all three of his previous starts, down the outside in the final quarter-mile and they got the better of the pacesetting Boston Rocker by a neck.
Wachman's recent Tipperary winner Awakened Spirit (7-2 joint favourite) led all the way and was never really threatened as she took the Wuhan Goodwill Cup Nursery by a length and a half.
Andy Oliver won a Cork maiden with Punch Your Weight on his debut just three weeks ago and the gelding's second appearance produced a victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Irish Cambridgeshire.
The three-year-old (16-1) was driven into the lead a furlong out by Chris Hayes and made the most of his low weight as he held off Bold Thady Quill to win by a length and a half.
Joseph O'Brien threaded his father Aidan's 9-4 favourite Snow Queen through the gaps to catch Uleavemebreathless close home for a head victory in the Loder EBF Fillies Race.
Megan Carberry edged Jim Gorman's Wrekin Rock (9-4 joint favourite) in front deep inside the final furlong of the Linda's Love Supporting Irish Autism Apprentice Handicap to beat front-runner Jeremy's Girl by three-quarters of a length after a long battle.
