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Review gowran park 17th May
Dermot Weld extended his excellent record in Gowran Park's Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden with Imperial Concorde
Sent off 4-5 favourite to provide the master of Rosewell House with his fifth win in the past seven renewals of this particular contest, Pat Smullen sent his mount straight into an early lead.
The Jim Bolger-trained Einsteins Folly had the experience of two previous outings to draw upon and looked a major threat entering the final furlong, but Imperial Concorde was only idling and found extra once tackled to score by a head.
The well-backed New Magic (8-1) took the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap for the Dermot McLoughlin stable.< Royal Blue Star led for the vast majority of the seven-furlong trip but Niall McCullagh brought his mount with a late rattle to score by half a length in the shadow of the post.< Korbous was a 20-1 shock winner at the first time of asking in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden for three-year-olds.
The betting suggested That Boy David and Caonach had the race between them, but they got into a battle early in the straight and that left the door open for Richard Brabazon's newcomer.
The gelded son of Choisir responded really well for Seamie Heffernan and got up on the inside of That Boy David to win by a neck in the shadow of the post.
The Early Bird Green Fees At Gowran Handicap saw Pat Martin's Ok Annie (13-2) streak home by an impressive three lengths from Coppertop while the Gowran Park Gold Club Handicap went to Seamus O'Donnell's 7-2 market leader Moscow Treat who beat Daring Man by a length.< Legendary Times won the Goresbridge Apprentice Handicap in the style of a well-handicapped mare.
Back up in trip after letting down favourite-backers on her past three starts, she shot to the front over a furlong out under Conor Hoban and comfortably beat First Friday