Will Buick enjoyed a dream run on Dramatised who outspeeded her elders in the Group 2 Betfred Temple Stakes.
The champion jockey kept Karl Burke's filly – the first three-year-old since 2014 to triumph – right next to Haydock's stands rail. And it proved to be the golden highway, as the 4-1 favourite pounced on pacesetter Live In The Dream for the £70,000 prize.
Equilateral (20-1), another on the favoured side of the track, finished with a late flurry for second.
Dramatised took that position in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint last November – and Burke believes the trip made all the difference.
"Last year she was tricky, Danny (Tudhope) used to describe her as like sitting on a stick of dynamite," said the Middleham trainer. "It made her grow up. When Will asked her to quicken up she took 100 yards to really get into gear, but she was impressive."
Little Big Bear is as short as 6-4 for the Commonwealth Cup after he bounced back to form under Frankie Dettori. The jockey oozed confidence on the evens favourite, a length and three quarters too good in the Group 2 Betfred Nifty Fifty Sandy Lane Stakes.
"I always had the race covered," said Dettori, at the double with Betfred Silver Bowl scorer Covey (6-4f).
At the Curragh, Aidan O'Brien hailed Ryan Moore's quick-thinking as Paddington led home a Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas one-two for Ballydoyle.
The well-backed 3-1 chance finished strongly for Classic honours, handing his trainer his 12th win in the race. But O'Brien felt the Siyouni colt, who started his season in a handicap, benefited from Moore obtaining a prominent position from a slow start.
"That split second decision, when he made his move very quickly without lighting him up, made all the difference," O'Brien said.
"He’s a very exciting horse.”
The winner, in front of 14-1 stablemate Cairo, had to survive a post-race stewards' enquiry after he made contact with third-placed Hi Royal (11-2), trained by Kevin Ryan. Fellow British raider Royal Scotsman, the 6-4 favourite, trailed home ninth of the 11 runners.
