Sparta Maestro put on yet another master class at Shelbourne Park on Saturday night as he equalled his own track record when taking the final of the Billy Mulvaney Jnr and Snr Memorial 600.

When Owen McKenna’s Confident Rankin went around Curraheen in 28.25 in a trial last Friday he sent out a message that the Red Mills Irish Laurels is not going to be easily won.