Twilight Payment had gone close in the Saval Beg Levmoss Stakes twice before and finally came out on top in the listed feature at Leopardstown on Friday evening.

Second to the mighty Order Of St George in 2017 and 2018, the Jim Bolger-trained gelding was previously owned by Godolphin but now races in the colours of the trainer's wife, Jackie, having been bought for €200,000 at Goffs last autumn.

The six-year-old headed into the one-mile-six-furlong contest on the back of a fourth to the reopposing Master Of Reality at Navan last month.

Capri – winner of the 2017 Irish Derby – led the field along in the hands of Donnacha O’Brien, but Kevin Manning and Twilight Payment (6/1) had the measure of the odds-on favourite over a furlong and a half out.

Instead it was Dermot Weld’s lightly-raced Falcon Eight who emerged as the biggest danger under Chris Hayes, eating up lots of ground but ultimately finishing three-quarters of a length in arrears.

MELBOURNE POSSIBLE

Bolger said: “The better horses have been running well over the last six weeks and any little step up on that was helpful. He’d a good run at Navan the last day.

“He could go for the Curragh Cup and maybe Melbourne later in the year. He’s been a good servant and is nothing if not consistent.”

Hayes had better fortune earlier on the card when Mohican Heights put himself in line for the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot with a winning start to his career in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden.

The Fozzy Stack-trained Australia colt is from a good staying family and was soon to the front.

Challenged on his inside by Lil Grey in the straight, he found more when asked to run out a length-and-a-quarter winner.

Hayes said of the 14/1 scorer: “He’s a nice colt. We had a good draw and Fozzy was adamant that we had to be forward. He’s shown us plenty at home, but he was very green and raw.

“I was hoping something would come and join me, as he was just running around the place, but he was never in trouble as was always going to do enough.”

He added: “He could be a nice horse for the future. He’s a work in progress and I’d say he’ll improve as the year goes on.”

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