BREEDERS’ Cup heroine Tarnawa swerved a three-in-a-row bid for Cork’s Group 3 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Give Thanks Stakes on Saturday but it still featured a high-class winner in the Paddy Twomey-trained La Petite Coco (2/1 favourite).

The daughter of Ruler Of The World was stepping to group company for the first time and under jockey Bill Lee, quickened impressively in the closing stages to beat Thunder Kiss easily by five and a half lengths.