MINNIE'S A MAJOR HIT

MINNIE HAUK is deservedly a hot favourite to bag a third Oaks - and Group 1 prize - on the bounce.

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Frankel’s daughter, a €1.85m buy as a yearling, kept it low key with a couple of starts during her two-year-old season, bettering a full-of-promise second at Cork in October with a half-length beating of Subsonic in a one-mile fillies’ maiden 18 days later at Leopardstown.

But Minnie Hauk’s career has gone to a new level - the highest level - at three.