COURSE and distance maiden winner State Actor was sent off 11/2 favourite for the QuinnBet Emerald Mile Handicap and produced a sparkling performance to score under replacement rider Danny Sheehy.

Sheehy had been due to ride Rahmi on which he won the corresponding race a year ago but was replaced by Johnny Murtagh’s stable jockey Ben Coen when the latter’s intended mount Shayzann was scratched.