Awtaad rolls back the years for training legend Kevin Prendergast

On a weekend where the legendary Lester Piggott was honoured it was fitting that another class act who has stood the test the time should steal the show on Irish 2,000 Guineas day.

Forty years ago Empery provided Piggott with the seventh of his record nine Epsom Derby wins just weeks after the Kevin Prendergast-trained Northern Treasure took the Irish 2000 Guineas.

Fast forward to last Saturday and 83-year-old Prendergast was at it again as the Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum-trained Awtaad proved two and a half lengths too good for Newmarket hero Galileo Gold with Blue De Vega back in third.