Win-win situation for Joseph O’Brien in Group 3 at Leopardstown 

UP AND WAY: Gear Up and Dylan Browne McMonagle (right) win the Group 3 Grant Thornton Ballyroan Stakes from Cleveland (Ryan Moore). Picture Healy Racing

It was a win-win situation for Joseph O’Brien as Gear Up held off stable-companion Cleveland in the Group 3 Ballyroan Stakes in Leopardstown last night.

Not alone did the Carriganog handler saddle first and second, but Cleveland, on his stable debut, earned a crucial group-placing which qualifies him for his chief target, the Melbourne Cup.