Leopardstown and Sligo reports: Triumphant return to action for Tarnawa

Tarnawa and Colin Keane win the Grant Thornton Ballyroan Stakes Group 

Tarnawa, a triple Group 1 winner last autumn and being aimed at the ‘Arc’, made a pleasing return to action when registering a smooth success, under Colin Keane, in the Group 3 Grant Thornton Ballyroan Stakes in Leopardstown.

Confidently handled, the Aga Khan’s five-year-old mare came from off the pace to lead before the furlong-pole and quickly forged clear to beat Silence Please by six and a half lengths, with a yawning 13 lengths gap back to the third Hector De Maris.