Excelebration, a Group 1 winner for Marco Botti last season made a successful debut for Aidan O’Brien when outclassing his six rivals in the Big Bad Bob Gladness Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

Sing Softly had no problem handling the testing conditions as she landed a Listed success in the Anne Brewster Memorial Loughbrown Stakes at the Curragh.

ST NICHOLAS ABBEY and Unaccompanied are among a fascinating list of entries for the Geegeez.co.uk Alleged Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.