Royal Millennium, an excellent fourth in Group One company last time out, appreciated the drop in class to gain a well-deserved victory in the Ballygallon Stud Renaissance Stakes at the Curragh today.

Eddie Ahern reached 100 winners in a season for the first time when he made all the running on Rydal to land the Weatherbys European Breeders Fund Maiden Stakes at Musselburgh on Wednesday.

Kieren Fallon, enjoying a memorable season, is determined to reach 200 winners on turf after notching up the double century for the year as a whole.