On-song Cabaret hits winning note at Leopardstown

Cabaret has made all the running to win the Group Three Silver Flash Stakes at Leopardstown.

With Ballydoyle stablemate Famous having been declared a non-runner, Johnny Murtagh replaced Seamie Heffernan aboard the 2-1 shot.

It was to prove a wise decision as Murtagh’s mount burst out of stall five in the seven-furlong assignment – and never saw another rival.

Kitty Kiernan initially tried to keep tabs on the recent Curragh scorer, but Cabaret was in no mood for compromise.

Kicking clear at the one-furlong pole, Aidan O’Brien’s filly had four and a half lengths in reserve over Alshahbaa, with Kitty Kiernan tiring into third.

William Hill reacted swiftly by cutting Cabaret from 25-1 into 14s for next year’s 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.

Cashmans go 20-1 about the daughter of Galileo winning the 2010 Epsom Oaks.