Lord Massusus swoops late to land Leopardstown spoils 

From the last crop of the great Galileo, Stay Alert made a successful debut for Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore in the Student Style Awards Maiden

FUN IN THE SUN: Happy racegoers for Student Day with Molly Dempsey, Ellen Travers, Allanah Forde, Elbha Sherlock,  and Faye Newman. Picture: Healy Racing

Third in this race last year and a Group 3 over the course and distance in 2023, the Joe Murphy-trained Lord Massusus swooped late to deny course specialist and odds-on favourite Mutasarref in the listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Heritage Stakes on Student Day at Leopardstown.

The five-year-old, ridden by Gary Carroll, got up late to foil the favourite by a neck, with Thalara, tight for room inside the final furlong, in third.