PADDY Twomey had a fruitless time at Royal Ascot, but whenever the Golden-based trainer is in need of a pick-me-up, a visit to Ballinrobe invariably does the trick and his sole runner on the card, Deressa, duly obliged in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap.

The Aga Khan-bred daughter of Zarak, owned by Mel Sutcliffe, led close home under Billy Lee to beat Royal Hollow by a neck in the one mile, five furlong-contest and Twomey said of his 7/1 winner: “She probably needed her first run of the season and the step up in trip suited her.