ALPINE EAGLE continued Jessica Harrington’s rich vein of form when slamming his two rivals in the featured €20,000 Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F.Race at Ballinrobe last night.

Aidan O’Brien suffered an early reverse in his quest for Classic honours when Vodafone Oaks hopeful Chenchikova was beaten on the opening day of the Irish Flat season at the Curragh.