Dib delivers at the Curragh
Dibayani confirmed the favourable impression he had made on his debut when winning the Darley EBF Maiden at the Curragh.
The seven-furlong contest has launched the careers of the likes of Teofilo, New Approach and Sea The Stars, but Dibayani had the benefit of a good run behind the highly-regarded The United States.
Johnny Murtagh asked Mick Halford’s juvenile to quicken between the two Ballydoyle runners Quadriga and Hall Of Mirrors a furlong down and the race looked won.
Orgilgo Bay (33-1 )then emerged as a threat and the 8-13 favourite had to work all the way to the line.
Halford said: "In the testing conditions it was a good performance. He settled well and went through the gap well. It was a nice step up from his first run. He’ll go for a stakes race now and he should keep improving.
“He will appreciate better ground.”
Wayne Lordan conjured a great late run out of Tannery to collar 11-10 favourite Caponata in the Kilboy Estate Stakes.
The race appeared at the mercy of Caponata, who went two lengths clear with a furlong to run.
However, the heavy ground began to take its toll on Dermot Weld’s previously unbeaten filly and Lordan sensed his chance.
David Wachman’s Dylan Thomas filly had won over 11 furlongs last time out and her stamina came to the fore as the 5-1 shot won going away.
Wachman said: "She is a very tough filly and seems to handle any kind of ground. She will go a bit further.
“I’m not sure what happened to her at Leopardstown (fifth there in June). The ground was loose and sloppy there and she just didn’t pick up .
“She is a very straightforward filly and has a good pedigree. There is a good programme of races here in Ireland for her and she might go for the Blandford Stakes.
“She could also go for a race in the US in the autumn.”
Lordan said: “She is improving and she enjoyed the ground really well. Once stamina came into play, my filly got going and won well at the line.”
Grafelli, who finished behind Dibayani on his debut, secured a second win on the bounce in the Jebel Ali Stables & Racecourse Anglesey Stakes.
The race lost some of its lustre when the likely hot favourite Cristoforo Colombo was taken out on account of the ground, but it meant the Group Three contest had an open look to it.
Jim Bolger’s Grafelli (9-4) handled the conditions best of all, though, ploughing through the mud to beat the Andrew Oliver-trained Hard Yards.
In the absence of Cristoforo Colombo, jockey Joseph O’Brien switched to Count Of Limonade, who was sent off the 7-4 favourite, but he was eventually well beaten.
