Promise To Be True shone brightly through the gloom at Tipperary last night when winning the opening maiden in the manner of a filly who could go a long way towards emulating her sister, Group 1 winner Maybe.

Mubtaker, Europe’s highest-rated horse still in training after last season, put himself firmly into the reckoning for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe when making a successful reappearance at Newbury today.