GER LYONS saddled his eighth two-year-old winner of the season when Lady Rochford, ridden by Keagan Latham, pipped odds-on favourite Lady Wingshot in the Irish Stallion Farms 2-Y-0 Fillies Maiden at Naas last night.

THE Jim Bolger-trained Teolane showed her quality when making all to land the listed Coolmore Stud 2-Y-0 Fillies Sprint Stakes at Naas yesterday.

JOSEPH O’BRIEN again clashed with the stewards yesterday after riding two winners at the Curragh, Waydownsouth and Battleoftrafalgar.

Aidan O’Brien’s Yeats has been given top weight for November’s Emirates Melbourne Cup with the dual Ascot Gold Cup winner allotted 59kg, the same as carried when running seventh in Australia’s richest race last year.