HIT The Bid left the form of his opening two efforts well behind to spring a 50-1 surprise in the Jimmy O'Neill Irish Racing Excellence Curragh Stakes.

Soundly beaten on both previous starts, the Darren Bunyan-trained outsider was always up with the pace in the Group 3 sprint and worked his way into the lead a furlong out. Leigh Roche was able to grab the rail and in the process box in Yulong Baobei, which left Mur Hiba as the main danger but Kevin Manning's mount could only close the gap to half a length at the line.