AFTER a treble at Leopardstown the previous afternoon, Joseph O’Brien repeated the feat at Roscommon on Monday evening, where he landed the two most valuable events on the card.

Nil Bua Gan Dua (evens favourite) completed the trainer’s treble when making all under Dylan Browne McMonagle in the €30,000 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Race over a mile and a quarter.

The 100-rated American Pharoah colt, owned by Austin Whelan and Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, asserted in the closing stages to post a two-and-a-quarter-length win over stablemate Dial Me In.

Race planner Kevin Blake was on hand to evaluate all three of the yard’s winners and, in this instance, said: “He was 22lb well in with the second, so he’d want to be winning really.

“I don’t know how much he enjoyed making the running, but he just outclassed them. He’s obviously rated high enough for a handicap at Royal Ascot, or something like that, but he could go into stakes company as well.”

Destined to win

O’Brien’s first winner was the Declan McDonogh-partnered Dancing Destiny, who burst through late on to make a winning debut in the €25,000 Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden.

The Magna Grecia filly went to post a well-backed 5/1 shot in the seven-and-a-half furlong contest and came between horses inside the final furlong to beat Our Boy Bailey by half a length.

“She’s a home-bred for David Fish,” said Blake. “She had worked very well on an away day. She was lovely and relaxed beforehand and Deccy was quite taken with her.”

A son of Supremacy, Substance (9/4 favourite) was the other O’Brien-trained winner, as he came from well off the pace to land the second division of the three-year-old handicap over seven and a half furlongs.

Racing off 68 on his first foray outside maiden company, the Stonestreet Stables-owned colt had four lengths to spare over Fortuity.

“I thought Dylan (Browne McMonagle) gave him an absolute peach, because he has been disappointing,” said Blake. “He stayed in all the way and was very confident. He picked up great and maybe handicaps are going to suit him better than maidens, as they go quicker.”

ORLA Tynan won on Kitty Bear for the third time this year in the 0-60 handicap over seven and a half furlongs. The 10/3 joint-favourite raced in mid-division down the hill from stalls and fly-leapt when running short of room after a couple of furlongs, going on to stumble shortly afterwards.

Given time to find her feet, Charles Kerwin’s four-year-old was brought to the outside in the straight and picked up smartly to stretch two and three-quarter lengths clear of fellow joint-favourite Brains.

“Orla gets on well with her, they are a good team,” said trainer Andy Slattery. “I bought her for two grand, so we’ve had a bit of fun out of her.“

Slattery doubled up when Cisterna (7/1) took the first division of the three-year-old handicap over seven and a half furlongs under the trainer’s son, Andrew.

Third on his previous start at Gowran, the Mehmas gelding hit the front inside the final furlong and held market leader Personified by three-parts of a length

“He was second in a nursery, but then disappointed a bit and we were doubting his resolution at times,” said the trainer.

“Another owner had him, and I told the lads (Alltheblues Syndicate) to buy him, as he’d win a race for them. He’s done that.”

THE 9/4 favourite Sun Soldier built on his seasonal debut fifth at the Curragh last month to land the www.roscommonracecourse.ie Handicap, over seven and a half furlongs, in the hands of Billy Lee.

The blinkered son of Soldier’s Call sat second in a steadily-run affair and led two furlongs out to beat Earls by two and a half lengths. Winning trainer Andy Oliver said: “He probably needed the run the first time. He’s a consistent horse and always tends to show up.

“Credit to them today, it’s beautiful ground, and Billy kept it very straightforward. He had a nice draw and was in a nice position the whole way around.”

Doctor Grace (11/1) recorded the fifth win of her career in the Paddy Woods Memorial Apprentice Handicap over a mile and a half.

The Buratino mare was racing in second under Gabriella Hill when carried wide on the bend away from the stands. Soon in front, she wasn’t headed from that point and stayed on well to beat Makaiah by two and a half lengths.

Surprise

Winning trainer Ado McGuiness said: “It was a bit of a surprise. She’s 12lb higher on the grass and I thought the handicapper had her rightly snookered.

“She’d been running consistently well for us at Dundalk during the winter and she’s actually going home tomorrow for a break. I’m delighted for Colm McCourt and the boys in the Dundalk Racing Club, they are with me a long time.”

The Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden over a mile and a half went to the Shane Foley-ridden Marazion (5/2). The 80-rated four-year-old, trained for Moyglare Stud Farm by Jessica Harrington, led over two furlongs out to beat favourite Duvessa by three and a quarter lengths.

Stable representative Richie Galway said: “She’s a lovely filly, by Sea The Stars, and Moyglare have been very patient with her. It’s nice to get that done at the start of the season and I’d presume Jessie and Kate will have a look and see if we can move her up the ranks a little bit.”