Ballydoyle comes home a clear cut winner under Joseph O'Brien© Photo Healy Racing
Ballydoyle enhanced her growing reputation as she made all to win the feature at the Curragh this afternoon, the Group Two Breast Cancer Research Debutante Stakes.
The Aidan O'Brien trained daughter of Galileo was well-fancied to win on debut over the course in May but could only manage fourth.
She was again well-fancied in the Chesham at Royal Ascot and just failed to get up there before winning on her next start back in maiden company at Newmarket.
Sent off the 11/8 favourite this afternoon she was sent straight to the front by Joseph O'Brien and was ridden over a furlong out.
She drifted left inside the final furlong but once straightened up she kept on well to win by two lengths. Minding (8/1) made it a one, two for O'Brien as she came through to take second under Colm O'Donoghue while Most Beautiful (7/2) was a further neck back in third under Wayne Lordan for David Wachman.
Joseph O'Brien said afterwards: "She's a very nice filly. She jumped and travelled. I made the running and thought I went a nice even gallop. It was never really in doubt.
"She's a big long striding filly. She has a great pedigree, by Galileo like the other two fillies, and is genuine. She ticks all the boxes.
"The Moyglare is the obvious race. She has a lot of pace and could came back to six if she had to but I don't imagine she'll be doing that. She has a big engine."
Paddy Power now have Ballydoyle as the 8/1 favourite (from 12's) for next year's 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket.
Boylesports go 10/1 and favourite about Ballydoyle for the same race while they have her a 16/1 chance for the Epsom Oaks.
STEWARDS REPORT
C. O'Donoghue, rider of Minding trained by A.P.O'Brien, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount ran green throughout this race.
Additional reporting by Gary Carson
