Aidan O'Brien is carrying all before him at the moment and on the day Mount Nelson won the Eclipse, Perihelion did her bit for the Ballydoyle yard.
The daughter of Galileo, who had shown little in four runs, was sent off an 8-1 chance for the 12-furlong Murphy Sand And Gravel Maiden and absolutely bolted up.
Seamus Heffernan had her in front from the off and she looked about to be swallowed up as the challengers queued up rounding the bend into the straight, but she found another gear and cleared away in the final furlong to beat Papadopoli by nine lengths.
There was plenty of support for Eritrea in the Glebe House Stud Handicap and the 5-2 favourite ran out a comprehensive winner of the one-mile-six-furlong staying test.
Danny Grant had Patrick Flynn's filly in second for much of the way and sent her past the front-running Kahuna three furlongs out, after which she never saw another horse.
Eritrea, who had run with promise at Down Royal last time on her return from a four-month break, powered clear to beat the staying-on Compton Court by two and a half lengths.< Funatfuntasia has been running well of late and picked up another nice pot in the one-mile C & M Construction Handicap.
Joanna Morgan's four-year-old (11-2) was sent on by Declan McDonogh on the final bend and came away from his rivals to score by three and a half lengths from Maximo
Favourite-backers had few worries as Jewel Of The West (5-4) romped away with the Champion Lettings Novice Hurdle.
There were plenty in with a chance approaching the second-last, but Paul Carberry had crept into contention on Noel Meade's four-year-old and was going well as he challenged for the lead.
Jewel Of The West was sent on approaching the final flight and was not required to work hard to beat the staying-on Auenschutze by five and a half lengths.
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