DAIRYLAND TOM, the star of the opening round of the AIB Bank Stakes when a runaway winner in 28.64, duly followed up in the opening heat of Saturday's second round ... but not in the expected manner.

WITH only three hundreths of a second between them on the clock, the scene is set for in interesting showdown between Springwater Boy and King Okee in the final of the Diarmuid Coffey Bookmaker Stakes at Curraheen Park on Saturday night.