Livenka (GB)

It looked the obvious outcome on paper beforehand, but Juddmonte's Livenka (Bated Breath) still had to go through the motions and deliver in Monday's valuable Ballyhane Stakes and she did so in style. Heavily favoured by the weights for the Naas feature due to her sire's median, the half-sister to the Phoenix Stakes heroine Babouche (Kodiac) and her multiple Group-winning sister sibling Zarinsk was able to cruise to halfway with Colin Keane always confident. Set alight when already in command two out, the 4-6 favourite powered clear for a resounding...

Alpha Centauri was one of the most celebrated racemares of the 21st century and her daughter Alpha (Sea The Stars) also has the wow factor based on her scintillating display at The Curragh on Sunday. Lining up for the seven-furlong GAIN Equine Nutrition Irish EBF Fillies Maiden which had been won for the last four years by Aidan O'Brien, Coolmore and Flaxman Stables' homebred was facing a deep group of peers in the race taken recently by Lake Victoria, Ylang Ylang and Alpha Centauri's sister Discoveries who all went on to succeed...