Bolger edges O'Brian in Curragh thriller

Jim Bolger and Aidan O’Brien will doubtless have plenty more higher profile clashes to come but the two top trainers battled it out for the opening Bank Of Scotland (Ireland) EBF Maiden at the Curragh.

It was Bolger’s Toirneach, the 3-1 favourite, who just got the better of O’Brien’s Greatwallofchina by a short head, with respective jockeys Kevin Manning and Kieren Fallon in full flight down the home straight.