LAST Saturday I met Max and Lyn Morris before racing at the Curragh, and just days later they were celebrating the listed race success of Drumfad Bay, the three-year-old daughter of Acclamation (Royal Applause) and Manieree who landed the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Cairn Rouge Stakes over a mile at Killarney.

Carrying the colours of another hugely successful breeding operation, Stonethorn Stud Farms Ltd, the Jessica Harrington-trained filly was deserving of her stakes win, having shown consistent form at this level but just hitting the crossbar each time.