First Cornerstone handsomely repaid the supplementary entry fee of €9,500 stumped up on Tuesday when winning the Group 2 Galileo Futurity Stakes for in-form trainer Andy Oliver and new owners Team Valor at the Curragh yesterday.

Dermot Weld’s Sapphire made a spectacular seasonal debut at Cork yesterday when sweeping to an easy success in the Group 3 Kerry Group Noblesse Stakes.