Classy sort can improve for seasonal return to take quality Saval Beg

Master Of Reality
4.30 Leopardstown
2pts win

Leopardstown's feature Saval Beg Levmoss Stakes is a Listed race laced with high-class Group performers.

Melbourne Cup winner Twilight Payment, dual Irish St Leger heroine Search For A Song and the Derby third Amhran Na Bhfiann all line up, but Master Of Reality is the horse that appeals most.

The Joseph O'Brien-trained six-year-old ran a satisfactory race in second on his seasonal return in the Group 3 Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan. Wayne Lordan possibly hit the front too early and the fast-finishing Baron Samedi kept on well to lead inside the final furlong, but he will improve plenty for that outing.

Both of Master Of Reality's Irish wins have been over 1m6f and he is a classy operator, having been beaten just a length in the 2019 Ascot Gold Cup by Stradivarius.

Rated 4lb lower than Twilight Payment on 113, he receives 5lb from that stablemate and that could turn out to be the difference between the pair. Search For A Song, meanwhile, disappointed on her seasonal reappearance last year so might be best watched again.