Ryan Moore leaves it late to pull victory from jaws of defeat on Savethelastdance

Aidan O’Brien’s odds-on favourite hits 999-1 ‘in running’ before landing Curragh classic

But just as the big-race sponsors looked like winning their own money, Savethelastdance seemed to sprout water-wings by rallying to such effect she ultimately won with some authority by half a length.

Once again testing ground conditions looked essential to the daughter of Galileo who was quickly given 7-1 quotes for an even greater stamina test in September’s St Leger. “I’d say she’s going to sharpen up a good bit from today. She’s a massive, big masculine filly. She’s unusual as she’s a filly but she has a pair of horns on her head which is very unusual for a filly. She has a big strong backside on her.

But in juvenile terms perhaps the most significant performance on Saturday came from Henry Longfellow. The Ballydoyle team completed a hat-trick as Emily Dickinson proved to have too much stamina for her market rival Rosscarbery in the Group Two Comer Group Two Curragh Cup.

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