BONNIE ACCLAMATION can defy the steadier of 10-3 in the John and Terry Moriarty Memorial Handicap at Listowel this afternoon.

FOR the second time in a few weeks, champion jockey Pat Smullen gave Sense Of Purpose a superb, front-running ride to land a stakes prize at Leopardstown last night, the Galileo filly holding the late challenges of Marsmanship and Bob Le Beau to land the Group 3 Ballyroan Stakes.

JOHN OXX may not be having the best of seasons, with just 14 successes to his credit, but can supply a winning nap in the shape of Long Journey Home in the Follow Us On Facebook Maiden at Navan tonight.