Winner of the 2023 Moyglare Stud Stakes at the same track during Irish Champions Weekend, the Karl Burke-trained filly was a two and three-quarter length winner over A Lilac Rolla, with Opera Singer next best over the one-mile distance.

Ridden by Danny Tudhope, the daughter of Too Darn Hot only finished eighth in the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket earlier this month.

Elsewhere on the card, the John Murphy-handled White Birch beat his old rival, dual Derby winner, Auguste Rodin, in the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup over a mile and two furlongs.

It was a first Group 1 for the Co Cork-trained son of Ulysses who was third in last year’s Epsom Derby to Aidan O’Brien Auguste Rodin.

The Colin Keane-ridden White Birch is now three for three this season, having previously opened his campaign with a success in the Group 3 Alleged Stakes, before then claiming the Group 2 Mooresbridge Stakes.

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The Swiss player shot a course record 64 in the opening round to hold the lead by one shot from a trio of players.

“It’s amazing, I’m really pleased with that round and great to have a start like that,” the 2017 Swiss Challenge winner said. “It was a fantastic morning out there, beautiful weather, great conditions, and my game was brilliant this morning.”

Among the three are Ireland’s Conor Purcell who shot a 65 on Thursday. He is joined on -7 by Frenchman Gary Stal and Stefano Mazzoli.

John Murphy is next best of the home players after shooting a 66. He is one of five players on six-under-par. Scotland’s Craig Ross, Todd Clements of England, Deon Germishuys and Jeon weon Ko of France are all on that score.

Tom McKibbin is next best of the Irish players on five-under-par. Paul McBride, Robert Moran (AM) and Gary Hurley shot 68s today and are currently inside the top-25.

South Africa’s Tristen Strydom recorded his third hole-in-one, and first in Europe, when he aced the par three 17th hole on his way to a three under par round 69.

Select Round one scores (Irish players highlighted)

64 J GIRRBACH (SUI),
65 C PURCELL, S MAZZOLI (ITA), G STAL (FRA),
66 D GERMISHUYS (RSA), J MURPHY, J KO (FRA), C ROSS (SCO), T CLEMENTS (ENG),
67 N KIMSEY (ENG), M ORRIN (ENG), A SADDIER (FRA), T MCKIBBIN, H ELLIS (ENG),
68 P MCBRIDE, R MORAN (AM) (IRL), L VAN MEIJEL (NED), P MEJOW (GER), V GARCIA BROTO (ESP), S DEL VAL (ESP), G HURLEY (IRL), R KAMINSKI (RSA), O FARRELL (ENG), J LONG (ENG),
69 J DE BRUYN (GER), T STRYDOM (RSA), J RUTHERFORD (ENG), R EVANS (ENG), J SAINZ (ESP), D RAVETTO (FRA), M MORUGAN (ESP), R PETERSSON (SWE), C MIVIS (BEL), M MANASSERO (ITA), M ITEN (SUI), J GUMBERG (USA).

Other Irish scores

72 J SUGRUE, R MCGEE, G MOYNIHAN,
73 R MULLARNEY, D MCELROY,
74 R CLARKE, M MCCLEAN,
75 M POWER (AM), C O’ROURKE,
76 M YOUNG, L GREHAN,
77 R DAWSON, C WILLIAMS,
78 L DONNELLY,
82 H FOLEY (AM).

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The Irish golfer shot a round of 66 on Friday, five strokes better than his opening round to lie on seven under par. He is joined on that mark by Frenchman Félix Mory.

The second round joint leaders at Wittelsbacher Golfclub are Spaniards Alejandro Del Rey and Manuel Elvira as well as Poland’s Mateusz Gradecki.

Del Rey recovered from a triple-bogey on his first hole to post a six under par second round 66. Gradecki shot a 68, one shot better than Elvira’s 69.

Del Rey, who holds the record for the lowest round in European Challenge Tour history after posting a 14 under par 58 at the 2021 Swiss Challenge, was delighted with the mental resilience he showed during the second round in Germany.

“I couldn’t have got off to a worse start,” he said. “I wasn’t nervous or anything it was just a bad swing on a tough hole. I had to mentally reset with a couple of pars and then I started to make birdies.”

Co-leader Gradecki kick-started his second round in style with a hole out eagle on the first and was pleased to reap the rewards of his hard work on the practice greens.

“I started with a hole out eagle on the first hole which was a nice bonus,” he said.“My putting wasn’t great to start with, but I stayed patient and the birdies started to come. There wasn’t much wind and the greens were receptive so it was definitely scoreable out there.”

Overnight leader Tadeáš Tetak sits in fourth place on nine under par, while Frenchman Robin Sciot-Siegrist is a shot further back in fifth.

Round two scores (Irish golfers highlighted):

134 M GRADECKI (POL) 66 68, M ELVIRA (ESP) 65 69, A DEL REY (ESP) 68 66,
135 T TETAK (SVK) 64 71,
136 R SCIOT-SIEGRIST (FRA) 68 68,
137 F MORY (FRA) 70 67, J MURPHY 71 66,
138 M SCHMITT (GER) 67 71, C MIVIS (BEL) 69 69, J FAHRBRING (SWE) 69 69, D BROWN (ENG) 66 72, J PARRY (ENG) 68 70,
139 A BERGSTROM (SWE) 69 70, A SADDIER (FRA) 70 69, A JOHN (GER) 70 69, J FREIBURGHAUS (SUI) 68 71, J SAINZ (ESP) 70 69, D YOUNG (SCO) 71 68, B VIRTO (ESP) 68 71,
140 E ROUSAUD (ESP) 71 69, F SCHOTT (GER) 69 71, L SCALISE (ITA) 69 71, D GERMISHUYS (RSA) 68 72, T MCKIBBIN 67 73, S TILEY (ENG) 70 70, A BLOMME (SWE) 73 67,
141 K CANTLEY (SCO) 71 70, D MCELROY 71 70, N BACHEM (GER) 71 70, B RITTHAMMER (GER) 73 68, K JOHANNESSEN (NOR) 70 71, J KO (FRA) 72 69, T SLOMAN (ENG) 70 71, V RIU (FRA) 74 67, V MEYER (GER) 70 71, R MCGEE 70 71, C BLOMSTRAND (SWE) 73 68, A HIETALA (FIN) 71 70, M HIRMER (GER) 70 71,
142 C FYFE (SCO) 70 72, M ROTTLUFF (GER) 71 71, G BLOOR (ENG) 73 69, I CANTERO GUTIERREZ (ESP) 67 75, O FARRELL (ENG) 69 73, T BALTL (AUT) 73 69, R KAKKO (FIN) 71 71, A KNAPPE (GER) 71 71, M HAMMER (GER) 70 72, E DI NITTO (ITA) 71 71, C SORDET (FRA) 68 74, T VAHLENKAMP (GER) 73 69, J GIRRBACH (SUI) 68 74, P MARGOLIS (FRA) 72 70, R CONRADIE (RSA) 73 69, P L0NGFORS (SWE) 70 72, M LINDBERG (SWE) 74 68, M LUNDBERG (SWE) 70 72, D BORDA (ESP) 70 72, H ELLIS (ENG) 71 71, L RUUSKA (FIN) 70 72, J BAUMGARTNER (AM) (GER) 70 72, O LINDELL (FIN) 72 70,
143 J GARCIA (ESP) 74 69, J DE BRUYN (GER) 72 71, P MEJOW (GER) 72 71, R VAN WEST (NED) 70 73, R KLEU (AM) (SUI) 71 72, M WAITE (ENG) 71 72, ZACH (CZE) 70 73, P MOOLMAN (RSA) 70 73, L CIANCHETTI (ITA) 69 74, B RUSCH (SUI) 74 69, E LIPPARELLI (ITA) 69 74, K DAVIDSE (RSA) 71 72,
144 T WIEDEMEYER (AM) (GER) 71 73, K KOIVU (FIN) 68 76, D RAVETTO (FRA) 70 74, D FOOS (GER) 76 68, A ZEMMER (ITA) 71 73, L VAN MEIJEL (NED) 74 70, C BERARDO (FRA) 71 73, Y VAN DOREN (BEL) 70 74, B NEIL (SCO) 71 73, G STAL (FRA) 71 73, J WIKSTROM (SWE) 69 75, V LOPES (POR) 72 72, P ERIKSSON (SWE) 70 74, H RONEBLAD (SWE) 71 73,
145 V GARCIA BROTO (ESP) 72 73, U COUSSAUD (FRA) 73 72, S HEISELE (GER) 73 72, J QUESNE (FRA) 74 71, J MEYER DE BECO (BEL) 70 75, C BRING (DEN) 73 72, J ARNOY (NOR) 75 70, S GROS (FRA) 72 73, T STRYDOM (RSA) 73 72, M MANASSERO (ITA) 71 74, C ROSS (SCO) 71 74, W GLAWE (AM) (GER) 75 70, N JOHANSSON (SWE) 73 72, J RUTHERFORD (ENG) 75 70,
146 M HERRMANN (GER) 73 73, C WILLIAMS 72 74, J LANDO CASANOVA (FRA) 74 72, B POKE (DEN) 72 74, A DE BONDT (BEL) 77 69, T WIDING (SWE) 72 74, R KAMINSKI (RSA) 71 75, S FERNANDEZ (ESP) 71 75, J GUMBERG (USA) 76 70, B KESSON (SWE) 72 74, A ROMANO (ITA) 70 76,
147 S DEL VAL (ESP) 76 71, O LIESER (CZE) 71 76, M WIEGELE (AUT) 75 72, M ORRIN (ENG) 74 73, J VECCHI FOSSA (ITA) 72 75, H MAGNUS (ISL) 72 75,
148 N KIMSEY (ENG) 71 77, J BARES (CZE) 74 74, F MACCARIO (ITA) 72 76, S HENRY (SCO) 76 72, E BERTHEUSSEN (NOR) 70 78, P PINEAU (FRA) 74 74, A KORINEK (CZE) 76 72, B THALMAYR (GER) 72 76,
149 F BERGAMASCHI (ITA) 75 74, N REGNER (AUT) 75 74, M HONKALA (FIN) 76 73, M ITEN (SUI) 75 74, C WORSDALL (ENG) 73 76,
150 V PASTOR (ESP) 77 73, G BRIXI (CZE) 77 73, J SANDBORG (SWE) 72 78, E WALKER (SCO) 72 78, F PALSON (SWE) 71 79, I SAULO (FIN) 76 74,
151 C PURCELL (IRL) 74 77, P ELISSALDE (FRA) 77 74, D ERICKSON (USA) 73 78, A TIDEN (SWE) 77 74,
152 J KOLBING (GER) 80 72, R WATTEL (FRA) 73 79, C BRAEUNIG (GER) 74 78, J SCHAPER (RSA) 79 73,
153 D WICKS (ENG) 79 74, W PORTER (SCO) 81 72, F FLEER (GER) 72 81, A AHOKAS (FIN) 76 77, C WAUGH (USA) 80 73,
158 C SAHLSTROM (SWE) 82 76,
160 F KATZY (GER) 77 83,
162 M MURRAY (USA) 82 80,
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OUT P EDBERG (SWE) 80 WD, R FOLEY (SUI) 76 RT,

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