Minorette doubles up for Ballydoyle

It was a quick double for Ballydoyle in the two-year-old fillies maiden at Naas as Minorette made a winning debut.

The American-bred daughter of Smart Strike raced on the outer as the field spread out in the six furlong contest.

She contested the lead with front-runner Touch Of Snow from the two pole and was asked to quicken into the lead over a furlong from home.

Despite running a touch greenly she kept on in the closing stages, under Joseph O'Brien, to post a length-and-three-quarter winning margin.

“She's a nice filly. Joseph felt she loved the ground and she'd appreciate going seven furlongs,” said Aidan O'Brien.

Minorette had been backed from 11/8 into 10/11 before racing but was easier to back on track and returned 5/4 favourite.

The winner is a half-sister to former Ballydoyle in-mate Master Of Hounds, who went on to score in Group One company in Dubai for Mike De Kock.

(Additional reporting by Alan Magee)