Memory proved a bitterly disappointing favourite as Misty For Me made all to triumph in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh.
Richard Hannon's unbeaten filly was sent off the even-money market leader to make it a fourth win on the bounce, but she was held up by Richard Hughes in the early stages and could never get into the race.
Seamus Heffernan kept the Aidan O'Brien-trained Misty For Me (10-1) well up to her work in the final furlong, first resisting stable companion Together, then holding off Laughing Lashes by a length. Kissable ran on to grab third spot.
It was O'Brien's first sucess in the race since Rumplestiltskin triumphed in 2005 and the winner was gaining revenge on Laughing Lashes, who had beaten her over course and distance in the Debutante Stakes earlier in the month.
The trainer said: "She's very progressive. That day she won her maiden was only her second start and she has progressed every run. Even the last day when the filly got by her she wasn't finished.
"Her dam is a half-sister to Fasliyev, so there is speed there. The Galileos don't know when to give up. She's so courageous and has the pace to go.
"Seamus always felt she was crying out for a mile. We'll have a look at the Fillies' Mile at Ascot for her while France (Prix Marcel Boussac) is also a possible. She's not short of speed and stays very well."
Harry Herbert, racing manager for Highclere Thoroughbred Racing, added of Memory: "Richard got off her and said she was just never going at all. There's definitely something not quite right with her. She wasn't up for it at all, she didn't travel and ran very, very flat.
"Richard looked after her after that. Maybe we will find something not quite right with her through blood tests or scopes as one or two of Richard Hannon's do just seem to have gone off the boil a bit.
"I think it's been a bad day for her and we will simply put a line through that run. I will have to speak to Richard, but I think we will probably look to drop back in trip now and the Cheveley Park looks a likely target."
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