Marakesh scores on debut for Ebor winners

August's Ebor Handicap winners trainer Henry De Bromhead and jockey Bill Lee combined to land Gowran's Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden today with Marakesh (9/2), which scored on her belated career debut.

Four-year-old filly Marakesh was withdrawn from both her intended debut runs, initially at Cork on August 16 - due to unsuitable going, and subsequently at the Curragh eight days later, where she refused to load.

Today the Peter Fitzgerald-owned Decorated Knight-sired filly behaved well, was first to load and, in the race, quickened well to beat Supreme Success by 2.5 lengths.

Magical Zoe credited De Bromhead and Lee with big-race York success on August 24, while

the trainer himself followed-up with Higher Leaves' Sunday success in a Listed race at Longchamp.

Today Lee reported “Marakesh was very straightforward and the last day was just a bit of blip not going in to the stalls. She was good today, travelled well and got me into a lovely position.