< Shareen battled on gamely to resist the surge of hot favourite She's Our Mark in the feature Denny Cordell Lavarack & Lanwades Stud Fillies Stakes at Gowran Park.

Niall McCullagh was always prominent on the John Oxx-trained filly (9-1), who fought off the attentions of another front-runner, Miss Laa Di Da in the straight in the Group Three contest.

She's Our Mark seemed to be struggling to put in a challenge over what might have been an inadequate trip, but she finally got going and her late thrust failed by just a short head.

Within minutes of Rip Van Winkle's narrow defeat at Ascot, 5-2 favourite Pirateer carried the same colours to victory as Joseph O'Brien led all the way on his father Aidan's top-weight to win the ITBA (South East Region) EBF Nursery by three-quarters of a length.

But the young rider's hopes of a double were dashed when 2-5 favourite Long Live The King flopped in the first division of the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden, in which Oxx's debutant Adilapour (12-1) squeezed home by short head under Ben Curtis.

David Wachman's Paraphernalia (7-4 favourite) got off the mark at the fifth attempt with a gutsy performance in the Gowran Park Golf & Leisure Maiden.

Settled just off the pace by Wayne Lordan, she was produced to challenge approaching the final furlong and got the better of a duel with Phoebe Van Gelder to win by three-quarters of a length.

Willie Supple had the luxury of a glance over his shoulder as Paul Deegan's 8-1 shot Rare Symphony cleared away to win the Gowran Racing Festival Next Weekend Handicap by three and a half lengths after making virtually all.

Mick Halford's Hawkhill (6-1) didn't get an easy passage as he threw down a challenge in the Golf Members At Gowran Park Handicap, but he stuck to his task under Gary Carroll and beat Putapriceonthat by a head.