SONIA Rogers got an early birthday present last weekend when the two-year-old Skitter Scatter, racing for the partnership of her son Anthony and herself, laid strong claims to be the best of her sex and age in Ireland after victory in the Group 2 Debutante Stakes.

Winners in the last decade of the Debutante Stakes, and going back further in time, read like a who’s who of the best fillies to have raced from here, and hopefully Skitter Scatter can continue this trend before she ends up at Airlie Stud for breeding.