The beautifully-bred Delacroix opened his account at the second time of asking at the Curragh, with any number of eyecatching performances in behind him.
By Dubawi out of Tepin, who came from North America to win the 2016 Queen Anne Stakes, the Aidan O’Brien-trained colt had finished an encouraging second on his debut at Leopardstown.
Having survived a scare at the start when Delacroix was unruly in the stalls, Ryan Moore was keen to set the pace on the 2-5 favourite.
Sheila Lavery’s outsider Pickersgill briefly threatened to play a part in the finish before fading but ran with a deal of promise, as did Joseph O’Brien’s Dante’s Lad, who finished third.
Perhaps the one for the notebook, though, was Acapulco Bay, a stablemate of the winner, who only had two behind him entering the final furlong but flew home for second, beaten a length and three-quarters.
Half an hour later, O’Brien and Moore doubled up with even-money favourite Ides Of March in the Revamp Conservation And Restoration Irish EBF Maiden.
Fourth on debut over six furlongs, he was then a beaten favourite over a furlong further but made no mistake back down at six and is as low as 25-1 for the 2000 Guineas with some firms, although O’Brien views him as more of a sprinter.
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