Racing:Tamarind led home an Aidan O'Brien one-two in the Ladbrokes Give Thanks Stakes at Cork this afternoon. The Sadler's Wells filly only broke her maiden last month and was a 20-1 chance in the hands of Colm O'Donoghue, with Perfect Truth at 4-1 and the pick of Johnny Murtagh the shortest of the three Ballydoyle runners in the market.
Plenty had chances approaching the final furlong but it was Tamarind who saw it out best to hold Perfect Truth by one and a half lengths. Irish Oaks disappointment Beauty O’ Gwaun was third but Beach Bunny never got involved.
Latin Love (9-2) added a valuable Listed-race success to her CV when making all the running to take the Platinum Stakes over a mile.
Oh Goodness Me, who had performed with credit in both the English and Irish Oaks, challenged inside the final furlong but never looked like getting on terms.
O’Donoghue had been her intended partner but was replaced by Wayne Lordan when his mount Smart Coco was declared a non-runner.
Winning trainer David Wachman said: “The Blandford Stakes at the Curragh is an obvious target. My horses had been a little under the weather recently but hopefully they have come out of that now.”