Eziyra got up close home to justify her short price and register a second Group 3 success in the KPMG Enterprise Stakes at Leopardstown.

As well as her win in the Give Thanks Stakes on her latest start, the third-year-old filly had shown her class when third to Enable in the Irish Oaks, which stood in her good stead for this contest.

Spanish Steps set the pace but was swallowed up in the final furlong as the race opened up. Pat Smullen got a good tune out of Dermot Weld's charge and the 9/10 favourite took the prize by three-quarters of a length. Exemplar finished strongly for second place.

Smullen said: "She's a filly that's a bit keen and we've spent a lot of time to get her to relax. She was third to Enable in the Irish Oaks and had a good win in Cork. I thought it was a very good performance against the colts today. She's a tough filly and improving. She'll be a lovely mare next year."

Weld said: "She's very good, she has courage and is a typical stayer with speed. She ran a super race in the Irish Oaks behind Enable, which shows how good Enable is.

"The Group 1 Fillies & Mares Stakes on Champions Day at Ascot (October 21) is the obvious follow-up. She's in the Prix de Royallieu on Arc weekend, but Ascot is most likely. It's a race I've been fortunate enough to win before."

Suedois displayed a determined attitude when running out a gutsy winner of the Group 2 Clipper Logistics Boomerang Stakes.

The son of Le Havre hugged the inside rail in the early stages and once angled out by Danny Tudhope, showed plenty of tenacity to fend off the late thrust of True Valour.

David O'Meara's charge was having just the second run of his life over a mile and the 100/30 chance saw out the trip well under a strong Tudhope drive to win by half a length.

Sir John Lavery (11/8 favourite) endured a luckless passage under Ryan Moore before thundering home to snatch fourth.

Tudhope said: "He's a grand horse and has been campaigned at a high level all season. We had a change of tactics today. I thought I'd just be better dropping in him and it's worked.

"You could drop him back in trip and ride the same tactics. You could ride him any way, really."

"He had been campaigned mostly over six furlongs, but stepped up in trip on his last two runs and ran really well. There are more options at the trip and he won over seven furlongs in France. He did it well."

Nelson made virtually all the running to take the Group 3 spoils in the Willis Towers Watson Champions Juvenile Stakes.

The son of Frankel led home a one-two-three for the Aidan O'Brien stable as he ran his rivals ragged in the hands of the trainer's son Donnacha.

Nelson (11/2) opened his account over the course and distance in similar fashion three weeks earlier and the tactics worked again. Galloping on strongly, Nelson came home clear from Kew Gardens, with stable first choice Delano Roosevelt only third.

The winning rider said: "He kept galloping all the way to the line. It was a nice performance. I thought I'd gone a nice, even pace. I quickened from the bend and thought it would take a good one to get me."

Nelson was cut to 16/1 from 33/1 for the Investec Derby with Paddy Power.

Lightening Quick made a highly-pleasing debut when getting up in the dying strides to claim the Ballylinch Stud Irish EBF Fillies Maiden.

A daughter of Frankel and out of 2011 Cheveley Park Stakes heroine Lightening Pearl, the Ger Lyons-trained juvenile was delivered with a late burst by Colin Keane to snatch the spoils.

Ryan Moore sent Bye Bye Baby into the lead soon after the start and she looked all over the winner until being overhauled in the shadow of the post by the 6/1 winner, who scored by a neck.

Lyons said: "She's very like her mother as she needed every yard of the trip to get up and win today. She holds an entry in the Cheveley Park, a race that her mother won, but the decision we have to make is do we bring her back in trip. At the minute I would say 'no'.

"It was a good performance and the first two have finished over four lengths ahead of the rest. She is a filly we liked initially but the last two weeks her work has just been average.

"Gary (Carroll) and Colin kept saying to me she is only dossing and going through the motions at home, so run her. I'm pleasantly surprised, but it's what we saw early doors - maybe the closer you get to a race the watery a trainer gets!

"We aimed her for this from way back as the timing is right for the Cheveley Park. We'll have to sit down and decide is it the right thing.

"Her mother was the same. She gave me the impression that she wanted a mile after her first start, and she got faster and faster. It's a lovely high-class problem to have. She will run again somewhere this year, but it's just a question of where."

THRILLING FINISH

Laws Of Spin just came out on top in a thrilling finish to the Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Petingo' Handicap.

St Stephens Green and Clongowes had the run of the race up front, but the pack closed in fast in the final furlong, with Laws Of Spin (14/1) steaming home under Chris Hayes.

Joe Tuite's raider Machine Learner came with a rattling late run, but the post came in time for Willie Mullins' four-year-old. Clongowes was third, with Artful Artist fourth.

Hayes said: "I love this horse. I haven't ridden him since I won the Irish Cesarewitch on him. He just travelled so strong in the race. I get there a bit sooner than I wanted, but he's tough and genuine."

Mullins said: "It was raining when I was driving up and I thought this horse had no business coming here. The ground is obviously a lot better than we anticipated. He needs good ground.

"He's disappointed us all year and we've kept running him in these handicaps. At the end of last year we thought he might get up into group class and maybe make a Melbourne Cup horse. Maybe he's an autumn horse.

"I'd say he'll go for the Cesarewitch. The longer trip will suit him and he just wants good ground."

The final race on the opening day of Irish Champions Weekend was the valuable Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Sovereign Path' Handicap and the seven-furlong contest went to Burnt Sugar.

The Roger Fell-trained five-year-old, who was a Group 3 winner as a juvenile, scored by two lengths in the hands of Declan McDonogh, paying out at odds of 7/1.

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