SUGAR Island proved too strong for her rivals in the featured Staffordstown Stud Stakes at the Curragh on Tuesday. Wayne Lordan’s mount proved easy to back in the Group 3 event, but the 5/1 shot made all for a two-and-three-quarter-length victory over Thundering On.

The Aidan O’Brien-trained filly was taking a drop in class having made little impression behind stablemate Precise in the Fillies Mile last time.