A MOMENTOUS couple of days for Shane Kelly yielded a second Group 3 win in less than 24 hours when the coming force that is Earlswood landed the Fitzdares Royal Whip Stakes.

A winner of the Gallinule Stakes earlier this season and then fourth in the Irish Derby, this son of Pivotal was dropped back to 10 furlongs for his return from a mid-summer break and looked right at home over this trip. This colt’s future may now lie at this intermediate distance with a potential crack at the Irish Champion Stakes now under consideration.