Declaration Of War powers clear at the Curragh© Photo Healy Racing
< Battle Of Marengo added his name to an illustrious roll of honour with victory in the Juddmonte Beresford Stakes at the Curragh.
Aidan O'Brien landed the Group 2 heat with Septimus and St Nicholas Abbey in recent years and Battle Of Marengo made no mistake as the 4-9 favourite under the trainer's son, Joseph.
Despite sweating up at the start, the Ballydoyle representative travelled well behind Orgilgo Bay and put the race to bed after taking it up around two furlongs from the finish.
The front-runner Orgilgo Bay held on for second from the winner's stablemate, Probably
The O'Briens had earlier taken the C.L. Weld Park Stakes with Magical Dream (100-30) and their treble was completed when Declaration Of War won the concluding Moyglare Stud Lifetime Achievement In Racing Trophy.
The 11-10 favourite took a while to overhaul Ebazan in the deep ground, but he ultimately did so with real authority.
Eddie Lynam's Viztoria (5-2 favourite) enhanced her reputation with a devastating display in the Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital Blenheim Stakes.
Raised to Listed level following a wide-margin debut win at Naas, the Oratorio filly swept to the front and Johnny Murtagh needed only hands and heels to cruise seven and a half lengths clear of Snow Queen < Salhooda (5-2 favourite) overhauled Hanky Panky in the dying strides of the Kevin Cullen Lifetime Achievement In Racing EBF Fillies Maiden.
The pair had it between them throughout the final two furlongs, with title rivals Pat Smullen and Joseph O'Brien going hammer and tongs, but it was the Dermot Weld-trained Salhooda who edged a head in front at the line.< Bubbly Bellini (11-1) maintained his remarkable rise through the ranks with a fifth victory of the year under Ian Brennan in the Irish Stallion Farms Joe McGrath EBF Handicap, while the Derek O'Sullivan Memorial Apprentice Handicap went to Colin Keane on To The Sky (10-1).
