Heavens Gate swats Naas rivals aside

Earlier, the Paddy Twomey-trained Firebird (Billy Lee) justified 1-14 favouritism when coasting to an effortless win in the Taste Of Kildare Race

JOB DONE: Heavens Gate wins the Irish EBF Ballyhane Stakes in the hands of Ryan Moore. 

Odds-on favourite Heavens Gate proved best in the €300,000 Irish EBF Ballyhane 2-Y-0 Stakes, in deteriorating ground, in Naas.

The Churchill filly, rated 102 and dropping from Group company, made most of the running up the centre of the track, under Ryan Moore, and held the late effort of Fiery Lucy by a length and a quarter with British raider Li Ban third and top-weight Midnight Strike fourth.