Bachelor Duke, trained by James Toller and ridden by Seb Sanders, won the Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh this afternoon.

PUNTERS who backed Ballydoyle’s Grand Reward for tomorrow’s Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh were clearly on the right track following the withdrawal of stable companion, One Cool Cat, from the classic yesterday.

Aidan O’Brien has not lost faith in Grand Reward despite the youngster’s expensive defeat in the Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury.