Hermosa Claims Gr.1 Irish One Thousand Guineas
Hermosa completed a classic double with a four-length victory in the Irish Gr.1 One Thousand Guineas for Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore.
She follows Attraction (2004), Finsceal Beo (2007), and Winter (2017) to win the Guineas at Newmarket and the Curragh. Hermosa virtually led at every point and ran on strongly to go clear of Pretty Pollyanna and Foxtrot Liv inside the final furlong.
The daughter of Galileo will now be aimed at the Gr.1 Prix de Diane Longines at Chantilly.
O'Brien indicated the winner's stablemates Fairyland (sixth) and Just Wonderful (seventh) are likely to be dropped in distance.
Michael Bell was delighted with the performance of runner-up Pretty Pollyanna.
Foxtrot Liv was 1 1/2 lengths back in third for trainer Paddy Twomey and jockey Billy Lee, who had combined to fill the same position with Decrypt in Saturday's Tattersalls Irish Two Thousand Guineas (Gr.1).
The disappointment of the race was Qabala, who had finished third behind Hermosa at Newmarket. She finished ninth and was reported to have scoped abnormally after the race.
Emirates Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French One Thousand Guineas, Gr.1) third East was last of the 10 runners.