Mahler gets 20/1 Derby quote after easy win

ANNA KARENINA gamely held off all-comers to form the middle leg of a hat-trick for trainer David Wachman and jockey Wayne Lordan at Gowran Park yesterday.

The four-year-old had to be kept up to her work to open her Listed account in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Victor McCalmont Memorial Stakes.

The 4-1 joint-favourite held Dimenticata by a head in a driving finish, with Diamond Necklace a close third.