Although Aidan O'Brien trained Lancaster Bomber had only run in the Lockinge last weekend, he won the Irish Gold Cup superbly.
Cliffs Of Moher and Defoe closed to within just over a length a furlong out, but Seamie Heffernan's mount kept finding for pressure on his first run over 10 furlongs and eventually came home two lengths clear.
'Brien said: "He's been running at the top level the whole time, all in Group Ones, and obviously we didn't think he'd get a mile and a quarter.
"That's the first time we did it with him and let him roll on beautiful ground. He was there for everyone to follow and Seamus gave him a great ride, he went even to halfway and he kept going.
"The plan was to come here and then go back to Ascot for the mile race (Queen Anne) again. I'd imagine that's where he'd go, but he'd have an option of the Prince of Wales's Stakes now."
1st Lancaster Bomber (A. O'Brien, S. Heffernan), 2nd Cliffs Of Moher(A. O'Brien, R. Moore), 3rd Defoe (R. Varian, A. Atzeni), 4th Reckless Gold (J. O'Brien, D. O'Brien), 5th Success Days (K. Condon, S. Foley)
Click Here To Watch Lancaster Win The Irish Gold Cup
Distance 1m 2½f (2,112 metres),Surface Turf,Track Right-handed,Qualification Four-years-old and up,Weight 9 st 3 lb,Allowances,3 lb for fillies and mares,Purse €300,000 (2017),1st: €177,000
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