A bit of experience stands to Hazdann

Hazdann really reaped the benefit of an unplaced debut run at Gowran Park (when short of room) to land the opening juvenile colts and geldings maiden over seven furlongs in the Curragh.

He was the only horse in the field of 14 to have had a race before and travelled well to claim Green Impact two furlongs down.

The easy-to-back 10/1 shot still had Green Impact for company racing to the final furlong, but he was ridden by Chris Hayes and the pair toughed it out best by a neck, in the famous Aga Khan silks, from the 8/1 runner-up.

The only horse able to chase the leaders in the final furlong was Currawood (5/1) who came in an eye-catching and never nearer third.

Dermot Weld said: “He did it nicely. He just got no run in Gowran, but he came home very well that day.

“He's progressed well for the race, worked very well the other morning and I thought he'd represent us very well. That's what he did.

“I said to Chris that he would have learned a lot from Gowran, that he had a good draw and to use his experience.

“He's a lovely colt, a very genuine colt. Obviously, we'll look at a Stakes race with him next. We'll hasten slowly with him.

“You'll find he continues to progress as the year goes on. He's from the Harzand family so there is a nice bit of toughness there as well.

“It's a very important winner with the Princess here to see it.”

With the rain starting to get into the ground, this contest was run on good, good to yielding in places ground.

Additional reporting by Gary Carson