One Look is all it takes for Twomey filly to star at The Curragh

One Lookrelished a step up in trip when bouncing back to her best in the Curragh’s Al Shira’aa Racing Meadow Court Stakes.

The four-year-old burst onto the scene here at the Curragh in a valuable event as a two-year-old and has been one of Paddy Twomey’s top performers ever since.

She began this season in great form, winning the Park Express Stakes at this track before returning to give Porta Fortuna a fright in the Lanwades Stud Stakes, but was disappointing when last seen in the Duke of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Sent off at 100-30 for her first try at 10 furlongs, she relished the return to her beloved Curragh and served a reminder of her class in the hands of Wayne Lordan to deliver a decisive length success over Dermot Weld’s Azada.

Twomey said: “It was great to come here and win again at the Curragh. She seems to like the Curragh and is a lovely filly.

“Ascot didn’t work out for her, probably on ground quicker than she’d like and a trip as short as she’d want to go.

“She ran over nine and a half furlongs at Gowran last year and we felt on pedigree that stepping up in trip would suit her. She was brave today, she didn’t have the easiest passage through but won nicely.

“She’s won a Group Three with a penalty, so we’re going to have to look at better races.

“She’s in the Nassau, she could run here in the Blandford Stakes on Champions Weekend and races on Arc weekend. We’ll have a think and pick our spots, but she’s a four-year-old now and will probably run more than she has in the past.”

Sir Mark Prescott’s Tasmania, the 5-2 favourite, had to settle for a running-on third.

Aidan O’Brien’s Sugar Island produced a sweet performance on debut to claim the Sycamore Lodge Equine Hospital Irish EBF Fillies Maiden at the Curragh.

With Ryan Moore switching to the daughter of Dubawi following the absence of anticipated favourite Signora, the regally-bred juvenile was sent off at 9-2 for the seven-furlong contest, coming home decisively by half a length.

O’Brien said: “She was really just ready to start off. Ryan said she was green but still won nicely and he liked her.

“She’d have no problem going into a Group race over a mile and you’d like to give her another run before then.

“I thought she’d be still a maiden after this and then we could run her in another maiden. Sometimes it’s easier on them when they can have two runs in maidens.

“She’ll stay a mile and a quarter next year.”