'He's babyish but he has a massive engine' - 2.4m guineas Frankel colt Diego Velazquez slashed for Derby after debut win

All eyes in the opening two-year-maiden were on the Ballydoyle newcomer Diego Velazquez, a 2.4 million guineas son of Frankel, and he justified the hype when striding to an impressive victory in a hot-looking maiden under Ryan Moore.

He raced prominently and needed to be briefly shaken up with two furlongs to travel but when he got into gear inside the final furlong he stretched away to score by four and three-quarter lengths from 80-1 newcomer Guildenstern.

Diego Velazquez was initially declared to make his debut at the Curragh in June but was pulled out due to an allergy. 

Aidan O'Brien said: "He got a little injury then and we had to stop and start again, so he was just ready to run today. Ryan said he was very babyish but he's got a massive engine.

Ryan Moore salutes the crowd after the four-and-a-half-length victoryCredit: Patrick McCann

"Ryan said he only realised he was racing with 50 or 100 yards to go. We felt we could run him anywhere, but looking at that I would probably like to give him another run before going into a big one. He was just half-speeding at home and then we come here today and he hardly took hold of the bridle. 

"That can happen with horses first time - it happened with Paddington at Ascot last year. If we could find a winners' race we will. He'll learn a lot from it."

Paddy Power shortened Diego Velazquez to 12-1 (from 16) for next year's Qipco 2,000 Guineas and to 10-1 (from 14) for the Betfred Derby.

Moss Abbaye-bound

Ken Condon is plotting a route back to the Prix de l'Abbaye on Arc weekend for last year's fast-finishing fifth Moss Tucker after he made almost all of the running under Billy Lee to land the Group 3 Rathasker Stud Phoenix Sprint Stakes.

The five-year-old got an uncontested lead and had all of his rivals, including British challenger Commanche Falls, in trouble with more than a furlong to travel before comfortably denying Go Athletico and Ano Syra by two and a quarter lengths.

Moss Tucker: set to be aimed at Longchamp after winning at the Curragh on SaturdayCredit: Patrick McCann

"The Abbaye has been the plan all year. He ran well there last season after missing the break and does handle those testing conditions. He might go straight there but if the ground is on the right side for him in the Flying Five he'll go here," said Condon.

"He was good out there today. He enjoyed it and Billy said he never thought they were going to get to him. He just lengthened all the way to the line. He didn't have the likes of Art Power to contend with but he was good and for a sprinter he's ultra-reliable. He goes better when its heavy or testing but seems to go on all ground."

Rolla rolls on

Billy Lee initiated his double in the juvenile fillies' race when the Paddy Twomey-trained A Lilac Rolla made it two out of two, adding to her win at Cork last month.

Stepped up to seven furlongs, the daughter of Harry Angel had to dig a bit deeper before narrowly accounting for previous winner Opera Singer and Red Viburnum.

She is entered in the Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sale Stakes in September but a supplementary entry for the Moyglare Stud Stakes could also be considered.

Twomey said: "She learned a lot at Cork on her debut. I was worried about the extra furlong but the owner assured me the dam won over a mile and two furlongs.

"The plan was the sales race and I thought more experience would be no harm with that in mind. I thought she would have to be stakes level to win and she is. The plans for Irish Champions Weekend might be upgraded now. Black type is forever if we can get it!"

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