THE resurgent Broome continued his bright start to the season as he got up late to land the Group 3 Holden Plant Rentals Alleged Stakes to head a four-timer for Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore.

A recent comeback success at Naas saw Broome returned the 1/2 favourite for this mile-and-a-quarter affair but on much quicker ground he had to work appreciably harder for this success.

To his credit though Broome had all the answers when it mattered and when this son of Australia gets the chance to go a mile and a half, he can win a Group 1. Broome had plenty on to cut down Thundering Nights heading into the last furlong but he readily responded to Moore’s promptings and forced his way to the front close home to score by half a length.

“We’ll be looking forward to going up in trip with him and races like the Tattersalls Gold Cup and the Coronation are there for him. He was brave there,” said O’Brien.

The Ballydoyle team landed the day’s other Group 3 contest as the dependable Lancaster House made it back-to-back successes in the Group 3 TRI Equestrian Gladness Stakes.

The hardy five-year-old, who carries the colours of Gay Smith, dominated this seven-furlong affair from the front when it was run in June of last year but he was quite content to take a lead this time.

The 9/4 favourite led over a furlong out and forged on for a comfortable two-and-a-quarter-length triumph over fellow Group 3 scorer Current Option. The Group 1-placed Know It All was a further length and three-quarters away in third.

“He’s a very solid and consistent horse and he likes nice ground. Ryan was impressed with him and felt he finished well. Ryan felt he could be a horse for the Queen Anne,” declared O’Brien.

O’Brien’s juveniles

O’Brien’s juveniles have made a brisk start to the season and the trainer made it three winners from as many two-year-old runners this term courtesy of Glounthaune in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden over six furlongs.

Ryan Moore’s mount, who carries the colours of Evie Stockwell, was under pressure sooner than several of his rivals but he showed a fine attitude when it mattered.

The Kodiac relation to Santiago held a definite advantage entering the last furlong and he battled well to hold off the recent Cork runner-up Castle Star. At the line there was just a neck separating the 9/4 joint-favourites.

“We felt he would get six furlongs well and he should get seven furlongs too,” stated O’Brien. “He’ll go for a winners’ race next and then have a look at Ascot.”

Kew’s brother

The four-timer was completed by Wordsworth, a brother to Kew Gardens, in the TRI Equestrian Irish EBF Maiden over 10 furlongs.

On his first outing since chasing home High Definition on his debut last August, the evens favourite turned in an effort promising plenty for when he moves up in trip.

Wordsworth knuckled down well under pressure to see off the efforts of Zaynudin and Agrimony and he was at his strongest as he pulled away to prevail by two and a half lengths.

A Derby Trial over a mile and a half could be next for the winner.

ALTHOUGH they were out of luck with Castle Star, Fozzy Stack and Chris Hayes hit back in the five-furlong Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race with the newcomer Cheerupsleepyjean (5/2). This Starspangledbanner filly came between horses to lead approaching the last furlong and went on to defeat Charlie De Rio by two and a quarter lengths.

Missing Matron, who won the first two-year-old maiden of the season, was a further neck back in third giving the form substance. The winner carries the colours of Linda Shanahan.

“She hadn’t been away anywhere and there is probably plenty of improvement in her. She’s a fast filly and six furlongs is probably as far as she’ll ever get,” commented Stack. “She’ll come back here for the First Flier Stakes next month and hopefully she might make into a Queen Mary or Albany filly.”

Raise You drifts

After an eventful conclusion and a reasonably lengthy stewards’ enquiry, Joseph O’Brien’s Raise You (9/2) kept his victory in the Tesoro Vita Handicap over a mile. The Dylan Browne McMonagle-ridden winner drifted markedly left over the last furlong and a half which resulted in several of his rivals being badly hampered.

However, the winner did not cause any interference to his stablemate and neck runner-up Fame And Acclaim.

In terms of the performance, the Jonathan Palmer-Brown and Brian Gleeson-owned five-year-old, who ran three fine races at stakes level last season, produced a fine effort to win this hot-looking handicap off a mark of 101.

He should be quite at home when he returns to stakes level.

JIMMY Coogan sent out an 80/1 winner of the six-furlong TRI Equestrian Superstore & Cafe Irish EBF Maiden as the 70-rated Abeona, in the colours worn by the trainer’s 1992 Cornwallis Stakes hero Up And At ‘Em, bolted up.

The Emmanuel Hughes-owned filly had twice been withdrawn at Dundalk in January for giving trouble at the start and Oisin Orr was only on her back for a second or two before the stalls opened here.

Blitzed rivals

However, Abeona showed just what she can do and blitzed her rivals to score by three and a half lengths in a race where lower-drawn horses held sway. This was her first start for Coogan.

“We got her recertified for the stalls the other day. She needs kid-glove treatment but she has ability, as she has shown in the past,” observed Coogan.

Display returns

A three-year spell in the wilderness for Brave Display (18/1) ended as the James Lambe inmate picked up the 45-65 rated Equine Products UK Handicap.

This Richard Behan-owned and Seamie Heffernan-ridden seven-year-old showed signs of a return to form when fourth at Dundalk recently and obliged off a basement rating of 41 to defeat the favourite Misterio by a length and a half.