Saturday's opening mile maiden at The Curragh has been a key race for Aidan O'Brien and Darkness Falls (Camelot) followed some smart predecessors with a seven-length success to become the stable's latest TDN Rising Star, Presented by Hagyard.Having won the John Ormonde Wexford Sand Irish EBF Maiden nine times out of the last 10 renewals, including with Hawk Mountain, Mogul and Saxon Warrior, the Ballydoyle handler put forward a strong team of 2027 Derby hopefuls.Ryan Moore was on the 4-6 favourite, who had been third on debut behind the subsequent Futurity Stakes third Green Dreamer and winning stablemate Shakespeare in Leopardstown's Frank Conroy Maiden over seven furlongs last month. Bounced out of the stalls to lead, the grandson of the 1999 Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Hula Angel (Woodman) turned the screw three out and stayed on powerfully to stretch away from stable companion Albany County (Camelot), who had shown such promise when third here on debut days earlier.There was half a length between that half-brother to the 1,000 Guineas and Prix Rothschild winner Mother Earth (Zoffany) and Juddmonte's newcomer Cluster (Frankel), a Joseph O'Brien-trained close relative of Midday (Oasis Dream). Ballydoyle's third runner and only newcomer Kingdom Of Camelot (Camelot), a €1.2million Arqana Deauville August purchase, was 1 1/4 lengths away in fourth in a race that is certain to resound as the months go on.“He had a lovely run the first day and is a Camelot with a lot of class,” O'Brien said of the winner, Camelot's eighth TDN Rising Star with the past cast including the luminaries Bluestocking and Sir Dragonet. “The maiden he ran in in Leopardstown was a very good race. We thought the second was very good and the winner was just beaten in the Futurity.”No sweat for Darkness Falls @curraghrace | @coolmorestud pic.twitter.com/oFDxsyc6eF— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 29, 2026The post ‘He’s A Camelot With A Lot Of Class’: O’Brien Impressed By New TDN Rising Star Darkness Falls appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.