Runners in the concluding caulfieldindustrial.com European Breeders Fund Maiden seemed to have to go through the pain barrier in a slow-motion conclusion and with her yard in form it was Maude Adams (8s into 6s) that did enough to prevail at Galway.

Kevin Prendergast, on the mark in the featured Topaz Mile earlier in the session with Vastonea trains Maude Adams for his wife, Lesley. Declan McDonogh was aboard both.

The stable jockey at Friarstown said: "It was a bit of a slog but she battled well and got through the ground." (TW & EM)