ROYAL DEVOTION, trained by Michael Halford for Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House Stud, sprang the biggest shock on a day of surprises at Galway yesterday when landing the listed Ardilaun House Hotel Oyster Stakes.

THE ground was drying out rapidly at Ballybrit yesterday and if the process continues then take a chance on Direct Bearing following up his success here yesterday, in this afternoon’s Guinness Galway Hurdle.