La Petite Coco claimed Group One honours on her seasonal reappearance in the Alwasmiyah Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh.
Trained by Paddy Twomey and ridden by Billy Lee, the four-year-old proved an easy to back 9/1 shot on her belated return to action but showed tremendous guts to hold off the William Haggas-trained 11/4 favourite My Astra by half a length.
Twomey also saddled the 20/1 third Rosscarbery – a filly supplemented into the race earlier in the week – for good measure.
It was La Petite Coco’s first run since bringing up a 2021 hat-trick by beating Love a short-head in the Group Two Blanford Stakes last September.
Betfair reacted by making the winner 11/2 from 8/1 for the 10-furlong Nassau Stakes at Goodwood, with Paddy Power going 8s from 14s for the Yorkshire Oaks.