< Recharge put Dewhurst winner Intense Focus in his place with an emphatic victory in the Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes for the Kevin Prendergast team.
Intense Focus was sent off the evens favourite and looked to be going like a winner when he moved smoothly on to the shoulders of the leaders in the straight.
But though he went on, he could not quicken clear and Chris Hayes delivered Recharge (9-4) with a decisive late thrust to score by a length in the Group Three contest.
The winner was living up to the promise of his last performance, when a close fourth behind Derby hope Sea The Stars in the Group Two Beresford Stakes at the Curragh.
Connections of Intense Focus didn't have to wait long for compensation as Maoineach also trained by Jim Bolger and ridden by Kevin Manning, landed the Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes.
After a winning debut in Group Three company at the Curragh, she ran no sort of race in France when last seen in October, but proved that all wrong with a commanding display.
Supported into 7-2 joint-favourite, the Congaree filly was given a patient ride and ultimately proved a length and three-quarters too strong for fellow joint-favoutite Heart Shaped < Three Rocks provided Bolger and Manning with another winner in the Leopardstown Aertel Page 277 Handicap.
Slowly away, as he was before scoring at the Curragh a week ago, the 100-30 market leader cut through the field in the straight and beat the dead-heating Empirical Power and Mourinho by a length and three-quarters.< Roses For The Lady held on from the fast-finishing Jakarta Jazz to get off the mark in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden.
Mick Kinane was up with the pace throughout on the John Oxx-trained winner and after sending her on just over a furlong out, the 10-1 shot stayed on strongly to win by the narrowest of margins.< Giant Slalom (10-1) swooped late in the day to take top honours in the Leopardstown Evening Meetings Handicap under Martin Harley, who completed a double with an armchair ride on Shaimaa p>© www.irish-racing.com
