Racing News round-up: Robbie Osborne was doubly represented in yesterday's Desmond Stakes at Leopardstown and it was the 20 to 1 complete outsider of the field, King Jock, who emerged best of all to give the Curragh trainer just the second Group Three success of his career.

Latino Magic's Meld Stakes victory at the same track two years ago was Osborne's only previous experience of winning at Group level but the overnight rain that turned the ground "good to yielding" looked to hamper that horse's chances.

Sure enough Latino Magic threatened at the furlong pole only to fall away to fourth but it was his unconsidered stable companion that headed the field at the line where King Jock had three-parts of a length in hand of the favourite Arch Rebel.

The ex-Dermot Weld-trained winner paid a massive 42 to 1 on the Tote and gave jockey Pat Shanahan a perfect warm-up for his Nunthorpe Stakes date with Dandy Man at York on Thursday.

"That's just his second start for me. His run in a Listed at Cork was his first for a while and it sharpened him up. I thought Latino was going to do him but King Jock stayed on lovely," said Osborne. The Concorde Stakes at Tipperary is a long-term goal for King Jock but an even longer-term target is a winter return to Dubai where his Scottish owner, Jimmy Long, is based.

Kastoria enjoyed the perfect warm-up for next month's Irish St Leger when proving the only one capable of overhauling Foreign Affairs in the Ballyroan Stakes.

"The Leger is the race for her. She will have to step up a bit, and Yeats is on the scene now as well, but she should have a place chance anyway. She has improved her record this season with a Group Three and a Listed," said Kastoria's trainer, John Oxx.

Earlier, the Oxx-trained newcomer Angelonmyshoulder was all the rage in the seven-furlong maiden but the horse got colty in the parade ring and went down by two lengths to another debutant in Capital Exposure.

Dermot Weld's Danzig colt made most in what could turn out to be quite a hot maiden and there was enough in the display for William Hill to make Capital Exposure 33 to 1 for next year's 2,000 Guineas.

However, Weld expects the horse to be more of a middle distance type and said: "The Beresford looks the logical race for him. He's a lovely horse who I thought might win. He's lazy and the race woke him up a bit. He was always in control and I see him as a 10 furlong to mile-and-a-half horse next year."

Pat Smullen also won the opening fillies handicap with the gambled on favourite Cheyenne Star who could make a quick reappearance at Tipperary later this week in a Listed race. "Seven furlongs is a worry but we will definitely be looking at Listed races for her now," said trainer Frances Crowley.

However, it was the father and son team of Peter and Oliver Casey who took the handicap honours as the amazing winning streaks of both Ireland's Call and Cool Touch continued in style.

Ireland's Call made it five-in-a-row with a battling defeat of Mooretown Boy in the seven-furlong handicap but a step up to Group level looks on the cards for Cool Touch whose fourth win in a row in the mile-and-a-quarter handicap was achieved in decisive fashion.

"I think he's by far the best horse we've ever had even though he won't be a horse until next year. He's still learning," said Francis Casey. "He's in a Group Three here on Champion Stakes day but there are loads of other options there as well."