THE Kerrygold Irish Oaks and a crack at some of the luminaries of her generation is up next for Trethias who bagged a deserved first success at stakes level in the Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Naas Oaks Trial.

Jessica Harrington’s charge hadn’t been able to add to her tally after beating Pink Dogwood in a Curragh maiden last August but there was no doubt that she had the talent to win at this level. The Stonethorn Stud Farms-owned daughter of Invincible Spirit had to conclusively prove that this 10-furlong trip was within her reach but she did so with a level of authority which suggested that the mile and a half of the Oaks will prove no obstacle to her.

The favourite Search For A Song made this a good test from the front and she had most of her rivals in trouble early in the straight but Trethias (11/2) and Shane Foley had her every move covered. The victorious combination led well over a furlong out before a resounding two-and-three-quarter-length triumph.

Six winners

“While she ran well in the Guineas Trial at Leopardstown last time, the mile was too short for her so we said that we would sit and wait for this race in six weeks’ time,” said Harrington, who was making it six winners in five days.

“She’s strengthened up since she last ran and it’s paid off waiting for this race. She will now go for the Oaks and there’s lots of stamina in her pedigree so I don’t think a mile and a half will be a problem.”

The Group 3-winning Hamariyna was found to have a slight nasal discharge following her below par showing in eighth and the Irish 1000 Guineas fifth Dean Street Doll was reported not to have handled the ground after finishing at the rear of the field.

AFTER beginning her career with two distinctly promising runs, the Joseph O’Brien-trained A New Dawn opened her account in the six-furlong Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies’ Maiden. The daughter of Zoffany had no problem coming back in trip following her second to Cayenne Pepper over seven furlongs at Leopardstown, rewarding those that supported her from 9/4 into 6/4 on course.

She responded splendidly to Donnacha O’Brien’s promptings over the last furlong to edge out the listed-placed In The Present in the final yards.

“She’s a nice filly with a good attitude. She was comfortable coming back to this trip this evening but seven furlongs is fine for her too. I think she’s a filly that will be up to getting blacktype,” reported the trainer.

Donnacha O’Brien later teamed up with his father to strike with Simply Beautiful in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies’ Maiden over a mile.

The 74-rated daughter of Galileo was a 9/10 chance to build on a second to Camphor at Navan earlier in the month and duly accounted for Bellakris by a length and a half.

The initial flat fixtures at Naas this season suggested that those drawn high were at a disadvantage but after A New Dawn won the opener from stall 16, Trueba (8/1) overcame the seemingly mortal blow of a stall 22 draw in the 45-65 rated six-furlong handicap.

Niall McCullagh deftly got his mount into a decent early position and Johnny Murtagh’s charge finished out strongly to defeat Powersville.

The three-year-old is owed by Paul McKeon whose colours were carried to Cheltenham glory by Relegate last year.

Count D’Orsay then struck back for low-drawn horses in the EMS Copier Supporting Kildare Chamber Maiden over five furlongs.

The Charles O’Brien inmate lined up here with a rating of 69 but was rated 92 at one point last year following a decent run at stakes level, and he was returned a well backed 6/1 chance.

From a stall one draw, Wayne Lordan’s mount kept close to the pace and kept on willingly to hold the oncoming Hiella by a neck. The C’est La Vie Syndicate-owned son of Dandy Man will now head to the Tattersalls July Sale.

ANDREW Slattery, who surpassed his tally for the 2018 season at Limerick last Friday week, added further to a fine campaign as he landed Dermot Weld’s Frosty Beach (14/1) in front on the line in the Denis Byrne Memorial Apprentice Handicap.

The Moyglare Stud-owned three-year-old was looking on from the rear for much of the race but responded to Slattery to come with a powerful late surge that enabled her to defeat Angels by a head. This made it 14 winners for the season for the jockey and this was his third success from seven rides for the Rosewell House trainer.

Another winner to come from well off the pace was Mark Fahey’s Edification (10/1) in the 10-furlong handicap. This six-year-old had it all to do off top weight and he only had three rivals behind him turning but he produced a terrific surge for Conor Hoban over the last quarter of a mile for an ultimately clear-cut triumph over Shamad. Fahey trains the winner for Michelle Deane Murray.