Bach is unlikely to run in tomorrow's Juddmonte International following his first ever Group success in the Royal Whip Stakes at the Curragh.

The Aidan O'Brien-trained colt had to get a strong drive from Michael Kinane to hold off Jammaal and the favourite Exaltation but it was still a good effort considering O'Brien's morning belief that Bach wouldn't be running.

"I really thought he wouldn't be running here and instead we would be getting him ready for York. But they didn't get the rain here that we got at home so I was happy for him to run," the trainer said.

"We had to declare him for York in the morning and while I don't want to rule him out of the race completely, he is probably unlikely to run again so quickly," O'Brien added. Instead, the $1 million Atto Mile at Woodbine next month is a possible target.

"I would like to get another run into him before the Breeders Cup and Satish (Sanan, the owner) is keen on the race in Canada," said O'Brien, who had earlier also picked up the Group Three Desmond Stakes with Hawkeye.

The Prix du Moulin at Longchamp in three weeks' time is a target for Hawkeye, who beat his stable companion Pebble Island by a length.

It is 15 years since Lake Champlain ran second to Sonic Lady in the Irish 1,000 Guineas but her daughter Saranac Lake looks set to try and make up for that next year.

The Dermot Weld trained filly landed the Group Three Debutante Stakes under Pat Smullen, holding off the newcomer Quarter Moon by a head, and could now be put away for next year.

"She will make a lovely three-year-old," said Weld. "There is a lot of physical improvement to come and she is equally effective on fast ground."

Weld described yesterday as a "major day" for himself and long-standing owner Bert Firestone as the partnership also picked up the opener with the seven-length winner Rum Charger.

"She was very unlucky at Ascot (Chesham Stakes) where she was the meat in the sandwich at an important stage but she has come back well. The CL Weld Park Stakes looks a logical race for her now," said Weld.

The odds-on Dibiya was totally over-powered by Moonbi Ridge, completing a hat-trick for Mick Kinane, in the Borris Race but the former champion jockey was just edged out of the Great Connell Handicap by American Gothic.