Another night to savour for O’Briens

On a night when British challenger Decorated Knight, ridden for Roger Charlton by George Baker, landed the Group 3 ICON Meld Stakes at Leopardstown, the O’Briens again stole the show as the progressive three-year-old Arya Tara justified favouritism in the listed Stanerra Stakes.

Arya Tara provided Joseph O’Brien with his first stake-race success as a trainer and provided his sister Ana with a similar milestone, in addition to providing her with the second leg of her first double, initiated in the apprentice handicap on Paul Deegan’s Three Majors, who had run at Killarney on Wednesday.

Arya Tara, owned by AnnMarie O’Brien, has risen through the handicap ranks this summer and, sent off 6/4 favourite here, she tracked Etched before kicking for home off the turn into the straight.