BAAEED’S trainer William Haggas won two group races on Sunday, with Perfect News landing th Naas featured Group 3 Tally-Ho Stud Irish EBF Ballyogan Stakes just before Sea La Rosa won the Group 2 Darley Prix de Pomone.

Both races were due off at 4pm and while Sea La Rosa’s success at Deauville was her third group win, the Irish success of Perfect News was an all-important first success at stakes level for the Frankel filly.

Perfect News (9/1, for owner Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum) crossed runner-up Benefit with two furlongs to run but following an enquiry, the result stood, with less than a length separating the first four finishers.

Winning jockey Chris Hayes, riding his third winner from four Irish rides for Haggas, reported: “I spoke to Mr Haggas this morning and he said to me that the ground is what it is, she’ll handle it but she won’t be as effective as she would with an ease.

Toughed it out

“I didn’t feel they went over quick but I was just at the pin of my collar for the first two furlongs. Going past the junction of the courses at halfway, she leapt onto the bridle. She toughed it out well, is an improving filly and that was important blacktype.”

Champion trainer Aidan O’Brien was on the mark at the French venue with Blackbeard’s Group 1 win in the Prix Morny and added to his score at Naas, with blue-blooded Dower House’s win in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden.

Battling House

Ridden by Seamie Heffernan, the Galileo filly battled to a neck win over Spirit Gal for the Coolmore partners.

Ballydoyle’s representative Chris Armstrong said: “She’s a sister to Churchill and to Clemmie, who broke her maiden on her third run as well.

“Obviously, she had two runs coming into this and is a filly that has shown plenty of pace at home. Aidan felt the drop back to just under six shouldn’t be a problem to her. We’ll look to step her up next time to stakes company maybe around Champions Weekend.”

JESSICA Harrington was another successful Naas trainer to register a Deauville winner as Trevaunance’s Group 2 Prix de la Nonette success came a day before Sierra Nevada (9/4, for Flaxman Stables) won the three-runner Wesco Electrical 50th Anniversary Race.

Ridden by Shane Foley, the American Pharoah filly went past Dancilla with two furlongs to race and beat that rival comfortably.

Harrington reported: “She did it nicely and I was happy with her all the way around.

“She’s a work in progress still, a great big filly and we haven’t seen the best of her yet. We might step her up to one mile, four furlongs as she has that great, big, long stride and she used it today. She has a lovely pedigree. We got away with that ground today - she wouldn’t want real extremes.”

Toasting Winemaker

There was a 100/1 winner of the Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden with debutant Winemaker scoring for trainer Jimmy Coogan, owner Diego Dias and jockey Gavin Ryan.

Bought for €12,000 at Arqana in June, Winemaker was green, edging left in the closing stages but held runner-up Mount Mary by half a length.

Coogan later reported: “I thought he’d run well and with a bit of luck might finish in the first three or four. He’s shown a bit at home and has worked well.”

He added: “He was bought for 12 grand at a breeze-up sale in France and the owner (Diego Dias) is a man who sells, so I’d say he’ll probably be sold.”

Madly makes it

Racing began with a more orthodox 11/10 winning favourite in the Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden as Madly Truly improved from an unlucky-in-running Leopardstown debut.

Ridden by Dylan Browne McMonagle, Madly Truly was all-out to hold faster-finishing runner-up Sibyl Charm by a head, to provide first-season sire Cracksman with his first Irish winner.

Joseph O’Brien trains the filly for owner John Oxley and later said: “She had a good run first time out and is a big, strong scopey filly. They went a good gallop and she just tied up a bit in the final 50 yards.

“We’ll look at something like the listed race on Champions Weekend. We might give her more time than that.”

THE three-year-old Loom Large (9/1) defeated older and more experienced rivals to narrowly win the concluding 13-runner Junior Einsteins Apprentice Handicap, for trainer Andy Oliver and jockey Robert Whearty and owner J. P. Ledwidge.

Unplaced in four previous runs and having his first start since being gelded, the son of Acclamation raced prominently and poked his nose in front at the line, to beat Alma Libre by a head.

Whearty reported: “We didn’t go very fast. I jumped well and got a lovely position and he travelled and picked up into the straight.

In fairness, he’s tough and tries hard. I’d love to thank Andy for putting me up on him.”

Hodd’s Girl (16/1, for the Rocky Horror Partnership) registered a fourth career win, scoring on her first run for trainer Ado McGuinness in the Inns Of Court At Tally-Ho Handicap.

Ridden by 7lb claimer Adam Caffrey, the daughter of Zebedee quickened clear of her rivals before easily beating runner-up Tammany Hall by five lengths.

McGuinness said: “I have her about seven or eight weeks. She worked with Praying Mantis which won in Gowran a few weeks ago and while she (Hodd’s Girl) surprised me when she won, obviously the work she did wasn’t too bad because the two of them were fairly neck and neck.”

She’s been to the beach a few times and obviously the change of scenery and different way of training has helped.”