THE talented Bocca Baciata bounced back from a rare below par effort on her reappearance to record a smooth victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes.

A Group 3 and listed winner last season when she also ran well at the highest level, the Flaxman Stables-owned daughter of Big Bad Bob had plenty to spare on official ratings. Jessica Harrington’s charge did have to concede plenty of weight to the three-year-olds but she was just too strong.