AIDAN O'Brien's Sergei Prokofiev looks a colt with a big future after bolting up on his second start at Navan on Monday.

The son of Scat Daddy is out of the Canadian mare Orchard Beach but did not find the soft ground an inconvenience when streaking clear by seven and a half lengths in the five-furlong Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race.

Ridden by Ryan Moore, he showed the benefit of his debut run when second at Dundalk and previous winner Pride Of Pimlico chased him home in second.

"We're delighted with him. Donnacha loved him when he rode him in Dundalk," O'Brien said of the 2/5 favourite.

"He's a big, powerful horse and has plenty of speed. He came on as obviously he was never away before Dundalk. We'll look at the Marble Hill or the Rochestown with him. Ryan said he didn't think six would be a problem, five or six. He went to the line strong.

"That was nice for his second race as we don't have the novice races and you are limited after you win a maiden. We always thought he was very nice and between now and Ascot we'd like to get another one (run) into him."

PROMISING WINNER

Maymine got off the mark at the second time of asking in the three-year-old maiden over an extended five furlongs.

The Richard O'Brien-trained filly made a debut full of promise at Naas earlier in the month and took a step forward from that outing to score here, on her second outing.

The daughter of Mayson, who was available at odds of 8/1 on Sunday evening, opened up a 13/2 chance on course before the money arrived and forced her starting price into 3/1.

She was pushed along with two furlongs to go but appreciated every yard of the extended five furlongs and stayed on best under Billy Lee to score by half a length from Hawaam.

O'Brien said: "We're delighted with her. She came forward from her first run and I'm very grateful to have her. Thanks to Paul and Gary Kavanagh and Paul's wife Theresa (owners).

"I was delighted with the ride Billy gave her. He kept things simple. I think she's quite a nice filly. She'll go for a three-year-old fillies sprint at Naas on May 7th (Listed Polonia Stakes) all things being equal."

BOTTOM WEIGHT

Mokhalad took full advantage of his position at the foot of the weights to win the Slane Handicap.

A surprise winner at odds of 20/1, Damian English's charge struck at Dundalk in December but had struggled in five subsequent starts.

The five-year-old gelding was beaten some 22 lengths when back on turf over a mile at the track earlier in the month but clearly appreciated the drop back in distance as he scored by a ready three-quarters of a length from Amanaat under Sean Davis.

"He's a lovely horse, I really like him," said English. "I started him off over a mile-and-a-half but he was a shell then and he's a tank of a horse now.

"He's just got quicker and quicker. I wasn't disappointed with his run last time as I put it down to him not staying.

"He has plenty of options now over five, six and seven. We'll see what the handicapper does now and we might target some of the premier handicaps at the back end."

Remarkably, the winner was found to have burst a blood vessel after racing.

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