"She was good to win but is a genuine mare and needed to be," said Pat Smullen after Moyglare Stud Farm, himself and Dermot Weld doubled their Limerick tallies in the concluding Coral.ie Bet & Watch Irish And UK Racing Live Maiden.

Earlier on the mark with Orangey Red here Malinka was expected to bring up the brace going off at odds of 4/6.

Malinka got the job done pretty convincingly, despite tiring inside the last, to defeat Blue Skimmer by three and a half lengths.

"I don't think I've ever finished a Flat race as slow in all my career and it's very very testing. Her stamina was run to its limit but it's very important to win a maiden with her as she's very well bred," added Smullen.

"She'll go on from this."

The Stewards granted permission for the sixth and seventh races to be started by flag start as it was not practical to transport the stalls to these starts without causing damage to the racetrack.

(TW & EM)