News from the rest of Sunday's action at the Curragh, plus headlines from Windsor, Uttoxeter and Cartmel.
Johannes Vermeer won the Finlay Volvo International Stakes on a good day for Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore at the Curragh.
Out of luck when combining on Irish Derby day, the trainer-jockey combination struck gold as the four-year-old won for the first time since his juvenile season as he mastered the front-running Success Days.
The Grey Gatsby ran well to a point on his first start for Dermot Weld, but a lack of race fitness perhaps told as 5/2 favourite Johannes Vermeer made the most of a drop in class in this Group Three, just 11 days on from a well-held seventh in the Price Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot.
O'Brien said: "You'd be delighted with that. Ryan said he might even stay further.
"He said he travels well, quickens well but doesn't do an awful lot when he gets to the front.
"Ryan said he could be a Caulfield Cup horse. He has options and we'll see. We'll look at races over a mile and a quarter and a mile and a half.
"That's very good ground today and he has form on soft ground as well."
Soon after, Clemmie got off the mark at the third time of asking as she landed the Group Three Grangecon Stud Stakes, again for O'Brien and Moore.
Sent off a strong 6/4 favourite, Clemmie - who had finished seventh in the Albany at Royal Ascot just over a week earlier - quickened nicely to put the race to bed, and she's now 14/1 from 20s for next year's 1,000 Guineas with Sky Bet.
O'Brien raised the possibility of Clemmie clashing with stablemate and Guineas favourite September at some stage this season.
He said: "She's lovely. We're going to give her a little bit of time now and then maybe step up to the seven furlongs in the Debutante.
"You'd be delighted with that. She's coming together lovely, slowly slowly. You'd imagine being by Galileo she'll step up to seven and she'll probably even get a mile.
"It was lovely bit of ground for her and the race worked out lovely.
"It's five or six weeks to the Debutante, which is a Group Two fillies' race. That's what we'll have a look at with her and we're looking at the same race for September.
"They have to learn and we'll all learn together."
It was a one-two for O'Brien, whose Butterscotch took second, and a 19/1 treble for the yard after Gustav Klimt had earlier stepped up on a promising debut to win the opener as a well-supported 11/8 favourite.
O'Brien's colt had finished fifth on his first racecourse appearance in May and improved to deny market rival Would Be King (6/4) in the Barronstown Stud Irish European Breeders Fund (C & G) Maiden.
Would Be King's form in defeat had been franked more than once on Saturday and saw him supported into 6/4 from 2/1, but the Ger Lyons-trained son of Lethal Force was no match for Gustav Klimt, who had a length and three-quarters to spare at the line.
O'Brien has won this prize with the likes of Duke Of Marmalade (2006), Rip Van Winkle (2008) and Gleneagles (2014) in recent years and Gustav Klimt was a convincing winner, although third-placed stablemate Amedeo Modigliani also caught the eye as he flashed home at 20/1 on debut.
O'Brien said: "We always liked him and he ran a lovely race here the first day.
"We had it in our heads that he might go to the Chesham (at Royal Ascot) after that, but Ryan (Moore) said we should maybe leave him and come back here and let the filly (September) go to the Chesham.
"He's a lovely colt who travels well and quickens well.
"Ryan was very happy with him and says there's more to come from him.
"He could go to one of those races in Newmarket at the July meeting, but we'll see how he comes out of it."
Gustav Klimt's win came on the heels of news that Wings Of Eagles, the shock Epsom Derby winner, suffered an injury in the Irish Derby which has forced connections to retire him.
Later on, O'Brien hit the crossbar in the day's feature as Nezwaah beat Rain Goddess in the Group One Pretty Polly.
Silverkode (6/1) defied inexperience to win the RTE Radio One Handicap in a thrilling finish.
A maiden winner at the course over five furlongs in June, the son of Kodiac was in fact outpaced over seven furlongs here before pouncing late to deny Severus, who had just mastered Plough Boy before being mugged on the line.
Tithonus came out on top in a thrilling climax to the Tote Rockingham Handicap.
An ultra-competitive field of 19 runners went to post for the valuable five-furlong contest and there were still plenty in with chances as the post loomed.
Denis Hogan's 14/1 shot Tithonus had just enough in the tank hold the fast-finishing Hit the Bid at bay under Rory Cleary.
Patrick was third ahead of top-weight Spirit Quartz in fourth.
Hogan said: "That's absolutely brilliant and he deserves it.
"I have to say a big thanks to Donncha Houlihan, my vet in Greenmount Veterinary. He diagnosed this lad with gastric ulcers after his last run. He put him on a course of antibiotics and he has turned him inside out.
"He's a top class vet and I can't thank him enough.
"Rory was brilliant on him from start to finish. It's just great. He's versatile as he's won over five, six and seven furlongs.
"He's entered in the Scurry in two weeks' time and that looks likely. Six furlongs should be perfect, the optimum trip."
Favourite Wicklow Brave was touched off in the Group Two Comer Group International Curragh Cup, as three-year-old Rekindling made the most of the weight he received.
Joseph O'Brien's horse was last seen finishing 16th of 18 runners in the Investec Derby, but benefited from a drop in grade and step up in trip to score at 4/1, staying on to deny Willie Mullins' horse who had appeared set to collect when hitting the front.
O'Brien said: "He had a little bit of class and there was a chance he would be a little bit better than them.
"Obviously Wicklow Brave is a very good horse, but he had a little bit of class and it worked today. Three-year-olds have a good record in this race.
"It looked today like he could be a Leger horse. He did well to go and get Wicklow Brave, he's a very good horse.
"We hadn't thought much further than today. We were probably finding out about him trip-wise today.
"There is Doncaster and the Irish Leger. He has to go to one or the other and he probably has to go somewhere between now and then as well.
"An awful lot will depend on how the races are looking closer to the time. I'm sure there will be a few better three-year-olds than were taking him on today in Doncaster.
"We'll see what happens closer to the time, but it's nice that he's back in form anyway.
"We'll probably have to meet Order Of St George somewhere. If we don't meet him in the trial here, we might meet end up meeting him in September here.
"A lot of people are knocking the three-year-old generation, but it will be interesting to see in the next month or six weeks."
The final race of the Irish Derby meeting at the Curragh went to 8/1 chance Hamley, who took the Troytown Grey Abbey Equine Hospital Handicap.
Trainer Peter Fahey said: "I'm thrilled with the filly. When we got her, her first two runs were desperate for us and she's after turning the corner on her last few runs.
"My horses are probably just coming in to very good form. We'll give her a little bit of time now and might chance something in Galway.
"She stays well and there is a mile-and-a-half or a mile-and-three-furlong handicap in Galway for her. Hopefully we can have another day out of her.
"Full credit to all the lads in the yard at home because between sales and being away on holidays, they've done everything with the horses.
"I'm delighted for the syndicate. Dermot Dunne set it up and there are 20 members in it. It's great for them and it's great for racing to get a few more syndicates back going."
Elsewhere on Sunday...
Lahore confirmed himself a colt with a future as he defied an opening handicap mark of 83 in the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Masonic 300YR Celebration Handicap at Windsor.
A winner on debut two months earlier, Roger Varian's charge made it two-from-two with a likeable success stepped up to six furlongs.
The vastly more experienced Quench Dolly drew Lahore into a battle, but the 13/8 favourite showed a taking turn of foot before knuckling down to win by half a length under Sylvestre De Sousa, a margin which underplays his superiority.
De Sousa later doubled up aboard Karl Burke's Tahoo, who won the Royal Arch Freemasons' Celebration Handicap.
Mitch Godwin's 5lb claim proved useful as Mister Blue Sky made the most of weight received from all five rivals in the Masonic Charitable Foundation Handicap.
John Gosden's Valcartier had appeared set to maintain his flawless 2017 record when grabbing the rail just over a furlong out, in the process forcing Godwin to switch to the centre of the track.
However, a sustained run saw Mister Blue Sky get up to win by a head, in the process bouncing back having been well down the field at Epsom on Derby day.
Gosden didn't have to wait long for compensation, as 7/4 favourite Whispering Bell got off the mark at the second time of asking in the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Royal Arch Freemasons' Maiden Stakes.
Absent since finishing third on her debut last September, the George Strawbridge-owned daughter of Galileo had them strung out in behind as she beat Euqranian by four and a half lengths.
Hugo Palmer and James Doyle teamed up for a big-race winner at Newcastle on Saturday, and they were on the mark again as Murad Khan took the Grand Master's Golden Jubilee Handicap.
Nibbled at in the market, the 8/1 chance got the better of outsider Easy Tiger, with favourite Chelsea Lad well held in third.
Upstaging won for the first time in 2017 as he took the United Grand Lodge Of England Tercentenary Sprint Handicap at odds of 14/1 under Luke Morris.
Paul Cole's horse had been runner-up over course and distance on his previous start and, off the same mark, produced a career-best performance to win.
The final race at Windsor went the way of C'est No Mour, who won the Mark Masons Celebration Handicap from Zambeasy with the pair nicely clear having been sent off a drifting 5/1 chance.
Tempestatefloresco landed a hat-trick in the feature race at Uttoxeter, the Marston's Pedigree Summer Cup.
Colin Tizzard's horse powered to the front between the final two fences and sealed an impressive success with a spring-heeled leap at the last under Harry Cobden.
Shelton took second for red-hot trainer Dan Skelton but was no match for the winner, while In The Rough grabbed third from Henllan Harri in fourth.
Skelton's fine form had earlier continued as Defining Year hacked up in the opening bet365 Handicap Hurdle over a trip just shy of two miles.
The nine-year-old had dropped 26lb in just five starts since joining Skelton, but will be shooting back up the weights after a nine-length win dropped back to the minimum.
It was Skelton's ninth winner in 23 runners dating back to mid-June and this son of Hawk Wing might well add to that tally if found an opportunity under a penalty.
Burrows Lane made the most of a winning opportunity to get off the mark in the bet365 Maiden Hurdle under champion jockey Richard Johnson for trainer Charlie Longsdon.
With market rival Havana Beat disappointing, the six-year-old was instead given a real test by Ringmoylan on his first start for Jonjo O'Neill, but despite a mistake at the last was good enough to oblige for those who backed him into 6/4 favouritism.
O'Neill was compensated later on as Festive Affair took the bet365 Handicap Chase, denying Longsdon a double as Hammersly Lake (11/4 favourite) finished second, while Rossetti (3/1) won the bet365.com Handicap Hurdle for trainer Neil Mulholland.
There was a treble on the card for Dr Richard Newland, courtesy of Lovato, Ebony Express, and Theo, the latter defying a penalty at odds of 4/7 in the final race on the card to send favourite-backers home happy.
Over at Cartmel, Henry Brooke rode a double aboard Irish Roe (8/13 favourite) and Presenting Junior (3/1 joint-favourite), the latter scoring by a head on a day of tight finishes.
Sam and Jonathan England teamed up for a winner in the shape of 12/1 shot Nicki's Nipper, while Mighty Whitey won the final race at the same price.