ELEGANT Pose completed a double on the card for Ger Lyons and Colin Keane at Gowran Park on Tuesday evening.

The 4-6 favourite looked above-average in landing the feature Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Race on just her second career start and should have a lot more to offer.

A daughter of Elusive Pimpernel, she won what looked a good Curragh maiden readily on her debut in May and proved that was no fluke when comfortably accounting for fellow last-time-out winner Gustavus Vassa by one and three-quarter lengths.

"It was very similar to what Colin said about the first one, she was clueless when she hit the front and she would have needed it like we thought," said Lyons.

"We said going out that we'd ride her like it's her first run as opposed to her second as she had so much time off. We had to bring her back from scratch. He said she was completely clueless, doesn't want any quicker ground than that, but she's a lovely filly and you wouldn't have any problem bringing her back to a mile.

"She's a nice one but we've always trained her with next year in mind. I don't imagine that we'll do too much more with her this summer. Hopefully next year she becomes a stakes filly for the owner.

"We'll talk to Patrick (Cooper) when we get home but I can't imagine we'll overdo her this year."

SMART COLT

Lyons looks to have another smart colt to go to war with in the shape of Masucci. A well-bred son of Zoffany, Lyons' juvenile created a good impression on his Limerick debut last month and showed the benefit of that run when winning the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden comfortably.

Well fancied in the market and sent off the 5/4 favourite, he broke well under Colin Keane and soon tracked the Joseph O'Brien-trained Spirit Power in second.

The bay colt looks to have a bright future as he quickened up nicely to lead inside the final three furlongs and hit the line hard, eventually eased down for a two-and-a-quarter-length success at the expense of Iron Blue.

Lyons said: That was grand. He's a real nice horse with a future and the further he goes the better he'll be. As Colin said there he is still very raw and green. There is still plenty of improvement in him and I like the colt. There were plenty fancied in the race.

"A winners' race is always the way forward for us unless a stakes race presents itself beforehand. I'd like to go for a winners' race first as he's only half a horse at the moment."

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