Eastern Appeal is set for a trip to America after repelling the late challenge of Excelerate to take victory in the Group Three Coolmore Stud Home Of Champions Concorde Stakes at Tipperary.

GORDON ELLIOTT, who enjoyed his biggest success when Silver Birch landed the Grand National at Aintree in April, was on the mark in the Grade 2 Killerk Construction Hurdle at Tipperary yesterday when Salford City proved a surprise 12-1 winner.