New track record holder Curious Boy was beaten fair and square in the opening quarter final of the Irish Laurels at Cork.
The 2-5f seemed to have the race in his grasp after going past early leader Sunshine Cathy around the last bend, but Twilight Tear (5-1) cruised past him on the run-in for a length win in 28.38.
It was a bad night for punters with all four/five favourites/joint being turned over. The quickest qualifier went to English Derby first round casualty Gyp Rosetti.
Quarter final 1 525 Yards
TWILIGHT TEAR 5/1 (4) 28.38
(Droopys Scolari-Glenadda Beauty) bk B Jul 12. Mr. Tom Skillen
Curious Boy (1) 1L
Rural Hawaii (6) nk
Senans Forever (5) 1L
Sunshine Cathy (3) 1L
Quarter final 2 525 Yards
ELA ALECKO 7/2 (3) 28.47
(Brett Lee-Ballymac Eugenie) bk D May 14. Mr. A. Antoniou
Skywalker Manner (2) 0.75L
Borna Candy (1) 0.5L
Leave At Dawn (5) nk
Coran Sky (6) 4.5L
Little Nidge (4) 1.5L
Quarter final 3 525 Yards
CIVILITY COUNTS 7/4 (1) 28.33
(Definate Opinion-Blacknomilk) be D Dec 13. Mr. Patrick Cusack
Must Be Jack (6) nk
Rockybay Yank (5) 3.5L
Ballyboy Flash (3) nk
Mucho Macho Man (4) 1L
Greenane Rocco (2) hd
Quarter final 4 525 Yards
GYP ROSETTI 7/2 (2) 28.03
(Head Bound-Acela Express) bk D Jul 13. Mr. Sydney Harman
Quietly (3) 0.5L
Farloe Rumble (6) 0.5L
College Paradise (1) 4L
Zoro Supreme (4) 4.5L
Droopys Ford (5) 1.5L
