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Review killarney 18th Aug
Aidan O'Brien may have been out of luck with one of his stable stars Mastercraftsman in the big race at York, but the trainer had good cause to celebrate at Killarney.
With the senior jockeys on duty on the Knavesmire, Sean Levey notched a double on Poet and Totally Devoted for the Ballydoyle yard and Joseph O'Brien added another with Chirkova
Poet (5-1), turned out again quickly after proving no match for Famous Name at the Curragh on Sunday, landed the evening's big race, the Vincent O'Brien Memorial Ruby Stakes.
The four-year-old was always at the head of affairs in the Listed contest and slipped a couple of lengths clear two furlongs out before running on strongly to resist The Queen's challenger, Four Winds by a length and three-quarters.
Totally Devoted has been tried in top company and she got her head in front at the seventh attempt in the William O'Carroll Memorial Maiden.
Levey brought the well-bred filly (9-2) through to challenge in the straight and she got the better of a tussle with Ceannline before forging clear to win by a length and a quarter.
Chirkova (9-4), whose last run was in the Irish Oaks, led a furlong and a half out and cleared away to take the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden to complete the Ballydoyle treble.< Famous Warrior (5-2) relished every yard of the extended mile trip to take the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Premier Nursery under Declan McDonogh, foiling another Ballydoyle challenger.
That was favourite Mikhail Glinka who looked to have the race won when he kicked clear over a furlong out, but wandered about under the whip. Kevin Prendergast's youngster grabbed him close home to to win by three-quarters of a length.
The Easy Clean Ltd. Handicap looked a tricky contest, but Edward Lynam's Clodova (15-2) ran out a comfortable winner in the colours of Lady O'Reilly.
Chris Hayes angled her out to challenge heading for the final furlong and she mastered Across The Rhine 100 yards out before holding top-weight Barack by a cosy length and a quarter.< Leap The Liffey loo