AFTER a campaign which began with a maiden success at this track and has since featured a series of honourable runs against the luminaries of his generation, Fort Myers picked up a deserved stakes race success in the Listed BoyleSports Irish EBF Star Appeal Stakes.

Donnacha O’Brien was on board the Coventry Stakes fourth who was sent off the evens favourite as he dropped down in grade following a fourth in last month’s Champagne Stakes at Doncaster. The son of War Front looked to revel in the switch back to Polytrack and when he was deftly switched out to make his challenge early in the straight he responded well.