AIRWAVE ran a valiant race in defeat on her debut for Aidan O’Brien in the Group Three EBF Athasi Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

Roger Charlton’s Striking Ambition maintained his unbeaten Curragh record when ploughing through the mud for an easy success in this afternoon’s Key Of Luck Woodlands Stakes.

THERE are definite signs Aidan O’Brien’s horses are poised to hit top gear and his All Too Beautiful rates the bet of the day in the Listed Ennistown Stud EBF Salsabil Stakes at Navan this afternoon.

Teams skippered by Frankie Dettori and Johnny Murtagh will go head-to-head in the inaugural running of the MD Betting Ireland v Britain Jockeys Challenge at the Curragh on Sunday.