Bellagio Man leads Ger Lyons' double at Gowran Park

Bellagio Man and Colin Keane (far) win the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden from Sunwalk and Andrew Slattery (near) at Gowran Park. Picture: Healy Racing

Champion jockey Colin Keane worked his magic on Bellagio Man to land the Irish Stallion Farms Median Auction Maiden in Gowran Park, initiating a maiden double for trainer Ger Lyons.

Drawn on the outside of the sixteen-runner field, Keane soon had the once-raced Dandy Man gelding in a handy position and, in front early in the straight, the 3/1 shot held the late surge of Sunwalk by a head in a race which saw favourite True Artist start slowly and never get involved.