The cream of Ireland’s female talent served up some terrific performances at Shelbourne Park on Saturday night as the opening round of the Sporting Press Irish Oaks came to a conclusion.

The draw for the first round of the Sporting Press Irish Oaks has thrown up a few intriguing clashes.

MUCKY Donal, trained by James Kelleher for Don and Gerard Buckley, is a very promising youngster and he produced the performance of his fledgling career to win Saturday night’s final of the New Year A3 550 at Curraheen Park.