Minnie Hauk Secures Oaks Treble With Win At York

Minnie Hauk secured an Oaks treble pinch a comfortable triumph successful nan Yorkshire Oaks connected time 2 of nan Ebor gathering astatine York.

The three-year-old filly, ridden by Ryan Moore and trained by Aidan O'Brien, hit runner-up Estrange by 3 and a half lengths.

She had already won nan Oaks astatine Epsom successful June and nan Irish Oaks astatine nan Curragh successful July.

Minnie Hauk's stablemate, Garden of Eden, vanished successful 3rd spot and Qilin Queen was fourth.

David O'Meara's Estrange did effort to put precocious unit connected Minnie Hauk but was incapable to lucifer nan 8-15 favourite's gait and power.

Minnie Hauk's triumph gives trainer O'Brien a record-equalling ninth Yorkshire Oaks victory, while this was besides jockey Moore's 5th triumph successful nan race.

O'Brien told ITV Racing: "She's beautiful. She does everything right, she cruises, she's a beautiful mover and evidently nan [Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe] and nan Breeders' Cup Turf, each those races are location for her."

Moore, 41, added: "She is simply a straightforward filly and her grounds indicates really prestigious she is. She does not do a batch erstwhile she hits nan front, but she does what you inquire her to do."

O'Brien and Moore were presented pinch their trophies by Queen Camilla, who besides came down to nan winners' enclosure to connection her congratulations.

"We are honoured Her Majesty came complete and appeared successful nan picture," O'Brien said.

Also connected Thursday, Royal Fixation hit chap 5-2 associated favourite America Queen successful nan Group Two Lowther Stakes.

Royal Fixation, trained by Ed Walker and ridden by William Buick, vanished disconnected powerfully to sprint distant and triumph nan title for two-year-old fillies by a length.

"She is not very large but has a large heart. I wanted to put it correct coming arsenic I felt we should person won astatine Newmarket [she vanished second] past time," said 37-year-old Buick.