Minnie Hauk swept aside her Group 2 rivals to make a winning start to her four-year-old career in the Clem Murphy Memorial Irish EBF Mooresbridge Stakes.
Six went to post for the 10-furlong Curragh contest and Minnie Hauk proved easy enough to back on her first competitive outing since a low-key sixth in the Breeders' Cup Turf at Del Mar in early-November.
However, there was never really a moment of doubt for those who snapped up the 4/6 SP about Aidan O'Brien's Frankel filly, who had a brilliant season last year, having won the Cheshire Oaks, Betfred Oaks at Epsom, Irish Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks before finding only Daryz a head too good in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Monday's race was teed up perfectly for the odds-on favourite, stablemate companion Edward Hamilton (125/1) setting a good gallop under Sunday's 1000 Guineas-winning rider Wayne Lordan and still holding a clear advantage turning into the straight.
Beset led the charge as the pack looked to close up on the front-runner but it was Minnie Hauk who made smooth progress on the outside and she cruised by Edward Hamilton, who held on for second, to score by a length and three-quarters without Moore having to resort to the whip.
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