A NUMBER of well-related newcomers were the subject of support in the opening Avenuebloodstock.com Irish EBF Maiden, but it was Ballydoyle’s Brussels (11/4) who led them home under Ryan Moore.

It looked like front-running stablemate Kansas might take top honours passing the two-furlong pole, but Brussels quickened up nicely to lead inside the final furlong, going on to beat the longtime leader by three parts of a length, with another length and a quarter back to Ger Lyons’ newcomer Learntodiscover (13/8f) in third.