THE considerable interest that accompanies the first appearance of the Ballydoyle juveniles each season was rewarded with a victory as Peace Envoy, Aidan O’Brien’s first two-year-old runner of the year, won the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden in good style.

Also a first runner for freshman sire Power, Peace Envoy was the subject of good support throughout the day and was returned the 8/11 favourite under Seamus Heffernan. The colt, who hails from the family of the great Dahlia, looked quite green at various stages and was being pushed along sooner than several of his rivals in this five-furlong contest.