THE 2016 turf flat season got under way at the Curragh on Sunday and with it the first pattern event of the new campaign, the Group 3 Lodge Park Stud European Breeders Fund Park Express Stakes over a mile.

Two three-year-olds took on eight four-year-olds and a single five-year-old, and one of the younger pair was Glamorous Approach (by New Approach), who looked promising when taking a 10-furlong listed contest on her final juvenile start.