SEA The Boss made a winning seasonal debut in the featured Group 3 Al Shira’aa Irish EBF Jannah Rose Stakes when coming from last to first to score under Shane Foley.

Owned by John G Hennessy and Carmel Acheson, the 7/2 chance got past Madam Celeste in the final strides to score by a neck.

Winning trainer Jessica Harrington said: “She was good last year and I just ran her back too quick after Champions Weekend. She doesn’t go on soft ground.

“It was a big ask for her with three of them having already had a run this year.

“She has a turn of foot and showed us that last year when she won her maiden. It’s only her fourth run and she will come forward a good bit from this.

“She might end up in the Irish Oaks and will be moving up to a mile and a half.”

Prize money

The owner of Champion Chase hero Captain Guinness put up the prize money for the Declan Landy Fencing Handicap and 2/1 favourite Eclipse Emerald showed the rest the way home in the hands of Joey Sheridan.

Iman Hartono’s winner was noted travelling well from a fair way out and had a length to spare over Kortez Bay.

Trainer Fozzy Stack said: “I thought he’d nearly win in the Curragh the last day but he probably got a little tired in hindsight as he’s a burly horse.

“He takes plenty of graft so the more racing he gets the fitter he’ll get. Hopefully he can progress into a nice sprinter.”

Smart Haste lives up to her name

MAKE Haste (16/5) looked a very useful filly when successfully getting off the mark at the first time of asking in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden

The daughter of Blue Point, partnered by Gavin Ryan, quickened away from her rivals at the furlong pole to win by three and a quarter lengths from Tommy McJohn.

Owned by Simon Chappell, Mrs A Frost and M Eves, the winner is trained on the Curragh by Diego Dias, who said: “She is a quick filly. We didn’t run her in the Curragh last week because of the soft ground and we thought she’d be better on this ground.

“We like to think she is a Queen Mary filly. We’ll talk to the owners and see if she will run again before that.”

Easy for Mac

There was a second two-year-old maiden sponsored by Irish Stallion Farms and the EBF, this time over six furlongs, and it was won by the Kodiac newcomer One Smack Mac who was backed into 8/11 favouritism.

Sporting the colours of Austin Whelan, Colin Keane’s mount ran around initially when asked to quicken but was straightened up to lead a furlong out and scored by two and three-quarter lengths from Gazelle D’Or

“He’s doing everything so easy at home that he was greener than we imagined he’d be,” said trainer Ger Lyons.

“There should be huge improvement in him. Six will be his minimum and I’d say he could step up.”

Keane doubled his tally for the afternoon when taking the TRM Kurasyn Handicap aboard 12/1 chance Dance Night Andday.

The Ross O’Sullivan-trained filly made headway between horses to challenge over a furlong out and kept on well to score by three-quarters of a length from Midnight Fire.

O’Sullivan said: “She was working very well at home and I was a little bit nervous running her over six because I thought it would be a bit short. Colin won on her over seven last year.

“He was surprised how much pace she showed and the key to her is good ground.

“She’s a homebred filly for the Jones’ (Peter and Elizabeth) from Clane and we’d like to try and get some blacktype for her.”

THE Danny Trundle Heating & Plumbing Handicap was a rough contest with several meeting trouble in running.

One of those was 7/2 joint-favourite Mehman, but Shane Foley took back and changed course at halfway, and his mount picked up well when in the clear to beat Reinforce by three-quarters of a length.

Trainer Ger O’Leary said of his Lance Bloodstock Limited-owned winner: “Shane did well to get through plenty of traffic and he said that’s his ground.

“We’ll probably go back to the Curragh and find a nice sprint for him.”

Old Faithful (13/8 favourite), trained by Aidan O’Brien for the Coomore partners, beat three rivals in the Alto Equine Building Solution Rated Race.

Wayne Lordan rode him with kid gloves and landed him in front in the final strides to edge out Gibbs Island by a short-head.

Stable representative Chris Armstrong said: “Wayne gave him a lovely ride. It was a good option to try him at a mile and a quarter and hopefully there is a nice prize in him down the line.”

Off the mark

Daniel McLoughlin (22) got off the mark in the training ranks when well-backed newcomer Duckadilly (11/2) landed the mile fillies’ maiden in the hands of Oisin McSweeney.

The sweet-travelling daughter of Churchill, owned by Chris Mullins, overcame an understandable touch of greenness to defeat Quadruple by a neck.

McLoughlin said: “I bought her at the horses-in-training sale as a two-year-old for €12,000. She just seemed very raw and immature so I gave her a bit of time.

“I’m still an assistant trainer to Danny Murphy and only have four horses of my own. I’m on the Curragh in my uncle Paddy McLoughlin’s yard.

“He got me into racing and has worked in Dermot Weld’s for over 30 years. I’m training right next door to Eddie Harty’s yard.”