Lilbourne Lad steams home for Hughes in Railway

ENGLISH invader Lilbourne Lad out battled the rather ironically named Tough As Nails in the Group 2 Dubai Duty Free Railway Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

Passing the two furlong pole the heavily backed Tough As Nails looked the most likely winner, but he could never quite shake off the winner.

The last 150 yards or so proved hard work for Tough As Nails and he simply didn’t see out the six furlongs as well as his rival, the verdict three parts of a length.