Raadobarg justified 9/2 favouritism on his first start for Johnny Murtagh in the Paddy Power Irish Lincolnshire at the Curragh on Saturday.

The former Roger Varian inmate burst clear inside the final furlong under Ben Coen to beat Comfort Line by two lengths.

“He’s done it well. Two weeks ago if you said would I get him ready, I thought he mightn’t get there. He’s a big horse and takes his work really well,” said Murtagh.

“Ben said he travelled really nice through the race. He felt really good and quickened up well. It was only after his last piece of work that I was pretty confident he was nearly there.”

In the same Amo Racing silks 420,000gns purchase Malex (7/1) made a winning debut for Michael O’Callaghan.

O’Callaghan said: “I thought it would be very difficult to beat Jim Bolger’s horse (Boundless Ocean) and he ran a very good race. It might entitle us to have a crack at the Guineas Trial in Leopardstown over a mile and we’ll see where we go from there. He’s a nice horse to have.”

Doncaster winner

The Amo Racing team also had a significant winner at Doncaster on Saturday. Persian Force lived up to the pre-race hype when scooting away with the SBK Brockelsby Conditions Stakes.

The Mehmas colt cost €225,000 as a yearling and looks as though he could take high rank in the two-year-old division judged on his performance in the first race of the flat turf season.

The even-money favourite travelled well throughout for Rossa Ryan before setting sail for home – quickly putting the race to bed as he pulled four and three-quarter lengths clear of Primrose Ridge.

Last year’s winner Chipotle went on to score at Royal Ascot and it would be no surprise if the Richard Hannon-trained Persian Force turned up at the showpiece meeting in June.

Ryan said: “We’ve liked him at home. He’s not done a lot, but what he has done he’s done it well and very professionally. Today was the same and he’s going to improve.

“I hope we’ve only scraped the surface of what’s underneath the bonnet. He had a look at the crowd and went and did his job.

“They went a good gallop and I was always cantering all over them. He’s got bundles of speed and I think when he goes up to six furlongs, he’ll be much better equipped. He’s going to be nice.

“It’s good to get on the board the first day on grass. It’s a good start to the year.”

Tony Gorman, Hannon’s senior head lad, said: “He does everything very nicely at home and he has a great mind.

“You’ve got to be thinking of Royal Ascot. There’s a lot underneath there we’ve not found yet.”