BEACON Rock has a variety of pattern race entries, including, at the time of writing, the Group 1 Investec Derby and Group 1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby, and his candidacy for them became more interesting after his victory at the Curragh on Sunday.

The Aidan O’Brien-trained son of prolific champion sire Galileo (by Sadler’s Wells) had run six times previously and was without a blacktype success, but he had repeatedly shown himself to have plenty of talent.