La Petite Coco shows class at Mallow 

Trainer Paddy Twomey reveals: "The owners wanted to go straight into Group company, but I talked them out of it - and I'm glad now we did. She is progressing physically and is enjoying training and has plenty of talent.'

LITTLE BEAUTY: La Petite Coco with Billy Lee up winning the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Give Thanks Stakes (Group 3) at Cork racecourse in Mallow.

La Petite Coco took the rise in class in her stride to record an impressive victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Give Thanks Stakes at Mallow.

Paddy Twomey's three-year-old was following in the illustrious hoofprints of subsequent Breeders' Cup heroine Tarnawa, who had won this Group Three in each of the last two years.