Facethepuckout quickly follows up under Derby-winning rider Emmet McNamara

Tuesday: Gowran Park

"Have you any more like that for me?" quipped Derby-winning jockey Emmet McNamara to trainer Michael O'Callaghan after the latter's Facethepuckout ran out an easy winner in the second division of the 1m½f handicap.

The son of Excelebration was quickly turned out for Gowran Park's final Flat meeting of the season and justified 8-11 favouritism to follow up a wide-margin win in a Curragh handicap five days ago.

Facethepuckout travelled well under McNamara throughout and he shot clear inside the final furlong to score by an effortless six lengths from the staying-on Wrist Art and early pacesetter Shawaf.

"He did what he was entitled to do," said O'Callaghan. "He came out of the Curragh race well. He's just sweet and in a good vein of form at the minute. He's well handicapped on his old form but chances are the handicapper will catch up with him now. He's in again at the Curragh on Sunday."

Lee looms behind Keane

After stretching his lead to four over the weekend, reigning champion Colin Keane looked to have established a firm grip on the jockeys' championship.

Keane's main challenger Billy Lee breathed some new life into the contest, though, when combining with Curragh trainer Willie McCreery for a double to leave him two adrift with ten meetings to go.

The two wins, which took Lee to 83 for the championship, were achieved with the minimum of fuss. Drummin Life looks a filly with a bright future for owner-breeder Frank Fahy, with Lee helping the daughter of Gleneagles get off the mark at the third time of asking in the 1m½f juvenile fillies' maiden.

McCreery said: "I ran Drummin Life in the wrong race last time at Thurles but she did nothing wrong. I'm delighted to win with her because she is the first foal of a filly I trained for Frank who got injured after she finished second in a race for me."

"That's it for the year for her," McCreery added. "Billy said she just idled in front but she did everything else right. She will go on any ground and will come on a ton for that."

McCreery and Lee completed their double when the previously frustrating Blazing Skies, owned by Irish National Stud Racing, stepped up considerably in trip to bolt up in the 1m4f fillies and mares maiden.

McCreery said: "I thought she might not get the trip but one of her owners Cathal Beale told me that she is very stoutly bred on the dam's side. I told Billy to ride her with all the confidence he wanted. He is riding with tremendous confidence and it came through."

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