JOHANNES Vermeer regained the winning thread when landing the Group 3 Finlay Volvo International Stakes at the Curragh.

The Aidan O'Brien-trained four-year-old was having his sights lowered after finishing down the field in the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup and Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes on his last two starts. Ryan Moore rode a confident race aboard the 5/2 favourite, who quickened up well to take the prize by half a length from Success Days.

The victory formed the middle leg of trebles for O'Brien and Moore, started by the triumph of Gustav Klimt in the juvenile maiden and completed by Clemmie's win in the Group 3 Grangecon Stud Stakes.

O'Brien said: "You'd be delighted with that. Ryan said he might even stay further. He said he travels well, quickens well but doesn't do an awful lot when he gets to the front.

"Ryan said he could be a Caulfield Cup horse. He has options and we'll see. We'll look at races over a mile and a quarter and a mile and a half.

"That's very good ground today and he has form on soft ground as well."

Clemmie provided Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore with their third winner of the afternoon by landing the Group 3 Grangecon Stud Stakes.

A full-sister to this year's dual 2000 Guineas hero Churchill, the daughter of Galileo ran a race full of promise on her debut at this venue in May, but could only finish seventh when fancied for the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot.

She was the 6/4 favourite to bounce back in this six-furlong event and ultimately won comprehensively by two and three-quarter lengths. Butterscotch was a clear second, giving O'Brien a one-two.

O'Brien raised the possibility of Clemmie clashing with stablemate and 1000 Guineas favourite September at some stage this season.

He said: "She's lovely. We're going to give her a little bit of time now and then maybe step up to the seven furlongs in the Debutante. You'd be delighted with that. She's coming together lovely, slowly slowly. You'd imagine being by Galileo she'll step up to seven and she'll probably even get a mile.

"It was a lovely bit of ground for her and the race worked out lovely. It's five or six weeks to the Debutante, which is a Group 2 fillies' race. That's what we'll have a look at with her and we're looking at the same race for September. They have to learn and we'll all learn together."

Rekindling finished with a flourish to lift the Group 2 Comer Group International Curragh Cup.

Winner of the Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown in the spring before finishing fourth in the Dante at York, Joseph O'Brien's colt failed to make an impact in the Derby at Epsom.

Stepping up in trip but coming down in grade for this 14-furlong affair, Rekindling was a 4/1 shot under Wayne Lordan.

Favourite Wicklow Brave (11/8), last year's Irish St Leger winner, looked home for all money after going clear in the final furlong, but Lordan coaxed a late rattle out of Rekindling and he got up to score by half a length. Elidor was best of the rest in third.

ROCKINGHAM

Tithonus came out on top in a thrilling climax to the Tote Rockingham Handicap.

An ultra-competitive field of 19 runners went to post for the valuable five-furlong contest and there were still plenty in with chances as the post loomed. Denis Hogan's 14/1 shot Tithonus had just enough in the tank to keep the fast-finishing Hit The Bid at bay under Rory Cleary. Patrick was third ahead of top-weight Spirit Quartz in fourth.

Hogan said: "That's absolutely brilliant and he deserves it. I have to say a big thanks to Donncha Houlihan, my vet in Greenmount Veterinary. He diagnosed this lad with gastric ulcers after his last run. He put him on a course of antibiotics and he has turned him inside out. He's a top-class vet and I can't thank him enough.

"Rory was brilliant on him from start to finish. It's just great. He's versatile as he's won over five, six and seven furlongs. He's entered in the Scurry in two weeks' time and that looks likely. Six furlongs should be perfect, the optimum trip."

MAIDEN

Gustav Klimt opened his account at the second attempt in the Barronstown Stud Irish EBF Maiden.

Trainer Aidan O'Brien has won this prize with the likes of Duke Of Marmalade (2006), Rip Van Winkle (2008) and Gleneagles (2014) in recent years and Gustav Klimt was a well-backed 11/8 favourite to add his name to the roll of honour after finishing fifth on his debut at the end of May.

Ryan Moore produced the Galileo colt with his challenge in the straight and he comfortably saw off market rival Would Be King by a length and three-quarters. The winner's stablemate Amedeo Modigliani is one for the notebook after flying home from a long way back to finish third on his racecourse bow.

O'Brien said: "We always liked him and he ran a lovely race here the first day. We had it in our heads that he might go to the Chesham (at Royal Ascot) after that, but Ryan said we should maybe leave him and come back here and let the filly (September) go to the Chesham.

"He's a lovely colt who travels well and quickens well. Ryan was very happy with him and says there's more to come from him. He could go to one of those races in Newmarket at the July meeting, but we'll see how he comes out of it."

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