O'Brien secures one-two in Guineas trial

Racing:  Kamarinskaya beat her better-fancied stable companion Beauty Bright to give Aidan O'Brien a one-two in the Dimitrova…

Racing:  Kamarinskaya beat her better-fancied stable companion Beauty Bright to give Aidan O'Brien a one-two in the Dimitrova 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes at Leopardstown.

Seamus Heffernan soon had the Ballydoyle second string at the head of affairs in the Group Three contest over seven furlongs and she gamely kept her rivals at bay.

The 8-1 shot held on by two lengths from the staying-on Beauty Bright, the 5-4 favourite, ridden by Kieren Fallon to register the first success of her career.

She was cut to 16-1 from 33-1 with totesport for the Stan James 1000 Guineas at Newmarket next month.

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O'Brien was completing a quick 80-1 double having won the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden with Sacrosanct.

The three-year-old filly, owned by his wife Ann Marie, was giving Fallon his first success of the season.

Sole British raider Yasoodd came from last to first to land the Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial for trainer Mick Channon and jockey Chris Catlin.

Fallon attempted to make all the running on the O'Brien-trained James Joyce and still led inside the final furlong until he was swallowed up in the last 100 yards.

Yasoodd (8-1) was the last to challenge on the outside and got up close home to score by a neck from Heliostatic with Rekaab a close third and James Joyce fourth of the five runners.