• Richard Hannon-trained filly finishes only sixth in Ireland• Aidan O'Brien's Misty For Me has odds cut for 1,000 Guineas
Richard Hannon was tonight left to reflect on a weekend of decidedly mixed fortunes after Memory lost her unbeaten record and her place at the head of the betting for next year's 1,000 Guineas with a disappointing defeat in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at The Curragh.
Hannon had moved closer to reclaiming the British trainers' championship with the victory of Zebedee in the £100,000 Tattersalls sales race at Newmarket yesterday but saw Date With Destiny comprehensively put in her place at Goodwood and Memory entirely fail to live up to expectations or the promise of her victory in last month's Cherry Hinton Stakes.
Sent off at even money, she seemed happy enough at the back in the early stages but failed to pick up in her usual manner and could make only laboured late gains into sixth place behind the Aidan O'Brien-trained winner, Misty For Me.
Harry Herbert, the racing manager for Highclere Thoroughbred Racing, the syndicate which owns Memory, said: "Richard Hughes got off her and said she was just never going at all today – there's definitely something not quite right with her.
"She just wasn't up for it at all today, she didn't travel and ran very, very flat and Richard looked after her after that. I think we will probably look to drop back in trip now and the Cheveley Park looks a likely target."
Memory's flop prompted a reshuffle in the 1,000 Guineas market with Coral bookmakers making the Brian Meehan-trained Theysken's Theory the new 6-1 favourite with Memory now an 8-1 shot (from 5-1) and Misty For Me installed at 12-1.
In Germany a much longer unbeaten record tumbled as the star Hungarian sprinter Overdose suffered defeat for the first time in 15 starts when well beaten in the Goldene Peitsche at Baden Baden. Overdose, who races in the colours of the Hungarian flag and has a huge following in his homeland, delayed the start of the contest when playing up badly and folded quickly once put under pressure in the race itself.
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