Review leopardstown 8th May

< Recital easily won the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown to state his case for the Investec-sponsored Classic at Epsom.

The Kieren Fallon-ridden 1-2 favourite surged past stablemates Memphis Tennessee and Regent Street at the top of the straight and led home a Ballydoyle 1-2-3 as none of the opposition put in a challenge from behind.

Recital looked a difficult ride as he hung left towards the rail through the closing stages, and he was eased down to score by a length and a half.

The Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial produced a major upset when Pat Fahy's 33-1 outsider Ballybacka Lady who was well beaten at Dundalk last month, won convincingly.< Gemstone took them along, but Fran Berry went for home two furlongs out on Ballybacka Lady and she quickly asserted, galloping on strongly to beat Sapphire Pendant by a length and three-quarters.

Last year's winner Famous Name was sent off at 1-6 to repeat the trick in the Group Three Amethyst Stakes and succeeded with the minimum of fuss.

Landing his eighth course success, the Dermot Weld-trained six-year-old was settled in third but kicked the pacesetters aside a quarter of a mile out and zipped clear to win by seven lengths under Pat Smullen, with Across The Rhine taking second.< Admiral Of The Red (3-1 favourite) showed nothing on his debut last August but put that well behind him by taking the Follow Leopardstown On Facebook Maiden with complete authority.

Joseph O'Brien made all on his father Aidan's son of Galileo, who relished the 12-furlong trip as he stretched away in the straight to beat Olympiad by four and a half lengths.

Eddie Lynam's juvenile French Emperor (12-1) stepped up markedly from his debut defeat as he scooted clear to take the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Maiden by three and a half lengths under Colm O'Donoghue.