Hotazhell proved his class, grit and stamina when providing Jessica Harrington with her second success in the Group 2 Montane Developments Beresford Stakes at the Curragh.

The Tyros Stakes victor separated Henri Matisse and subsequent Group 1 winner Scorthy Champ last time out, and was sent off 2/1 joint-favourite on Saturday under Shane Foley. The bay took close order behind the leaders in the field of five, and was pushed along from the three furlong marker. He began to run on well from the two pole, gained a narrow lead a furlong later and dug deep to deny the Joseph O’Brien-trained Tennessee Stud by three parts of a length, as British raider and joint-favourite Windlord took third.