CARAVAGGIO got back on the winning trail after swooping late in the Group 2 Derrinstown Stud Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh.

Aidan O'Brien's colt looked a superstar in the making after extending his unbeaten record to six in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot, but was only fourth in the July Cup at Newmarket and disappointed again in the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville.

Dropping back in distance and class for this five-furlong contest, Caravaggio was the odds-on favourite in the hands of Ryan Moore.

It was not completely plain sailing for the three-year-old, with Moore at work some way from the finish, but the further Caravaggio went, the better he looked and he was well on top of stablemate and 50/1 shot Alphabet at the line. Son Of Rest was third.

Shamreen led her rivals a merry dance when successfully defending her crown in the Moyglare ''Jewels'' Blandford Stakes.

Dermot Weld's filly was a narrow winner of the Group 2 contest 12 months ago and was 9/1 to repeat the feat on the back of an impressive victory in the Royal Whip here three weeks ago.

Pat Smullen settled Shamreen in front from the off and although the challengers were queuing up early in the straight, with well-backed 5/4 favourite Sea Of Grace travelling particularly well, Shamreen found extra to score by three lengths. Beautiful Morning and Rain Goddess were second and third, with Sea Of Grace ultimately disappointing.

Weld said: "It was a very good performance by her. I thought she did it very well when she won the Royal Whip here the other day and this was even better today.

"She's won the race two years running and is a very valuable mare. I think she's entitled to have a crack at a Group 1 now so the Prix de l'Opera at Chantilly would be a logical target."

Shamreen's success was a second winner on the weekend for Weld and Smullen following the victory of Eziyra in Saturday's Enterprise Stakes at Leopardstown.

"They are both tough, game, genuine, courageous fillies," the trainer added. "Eziyra will go for the Group 1 at Ascot (British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes, October 21).

"We'll see how the two fillies get on in their next races before we make a decision (on staying in training). Shamreen is a four-year-old and doesn't have a lot more to achieve other than a Group 1."

PREMIER HANDICAP

Ice Age was a comprehensive winner of the the Irish Stallion Farms EBF "Bold Lad" Sprint Handicap at the Curragh.

Eve Johnson Houghton's four-year-old was a 15/2 chance to to complete his hat-trick following successive triumphs at Windsor in August.

Charles Bishop kept things relatively simple in the saddle, allowing Ice Age to bowl along towards the front end, and he kicked clear inside the last of six furlongs.

Fellow British challenger Al Qahwa was a length and a quarter away in second, ahead of Blairmayne and Tithonus in third and fourth respectively.

"He's just kept on improving this year," said Johnson Houghton. "He's so quick into his stride that sometimes he was doing too much too early and then not quite getting home.

"Now he's learned that even though he's quick into his stride, he doesn't have to go flat out and he's improving all the time.

"He's won that off 96 and I don't quite know where we're going to go now. He's in the Ayr Gold Cup, but I still don't think he'd get in with a penalty."

Snazzy Jazzy kept his unbeaten record intact with a clear-cut victory in the Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sale Stakes.

Clive Cox's youngster was a 4/1 shot to add to his previous wins at Goodwood and Windsor and battled on well against the rail for Adam Kirby to pull three lengths clear of Pretty Boy Floyd.

Cox said: "He was impressive. He was giving a bit of weight away. He's a determined and gutsy performer and has a bit class. I'm delighted to win a big pot today. I hope and think that he's a stakes horse."

The final race of Irish Champions Weekend was the valuable Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Northfields' Handicap over 10 furlongs and it went to 8/1 shot Panstarr, who was ridden by Rory Cleary.

The filly beat 7/2 favourite Mawaany by a neck and gave trainer Jim Bolger a double on the day following the impressive victory of juvenile star Verbal Dexterity in the Group 1 Goffs Vincent O'Brien National Stakes.

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