Momentum is the buzzword of the Ryder Cup and it could easily be applied to Tiggy Wiggy's exploits after she added a first Group One victory to her CV - the Connolly's Red Mills Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket.
As there is no guarantee such a pacey and precocious juvenile will maintain such form as a three-year-old, the Richard Hannon stable are likely to take one more chance during 2014 and aim for a quick comeback against Europe's best sprinters in next Sunday's Prix de l'Abbaye.
Remarkably, Tiggy Wiggy (6-4 favourite) made her debut on the opening day of the Flat season, registering the first win on her record (she now has six), and this latest triumph was again achieved in typically aggressive style from the front as she moved two-one up in an evolving rivalry with Anthem Alexander.
The pair had first met at Royal Ascot where the Irish filly justified warm market support in the Queen Mary Stakes, but Tiggy Wiggy had subsequently turned the Super Sprint into a procession and earned her revenge when taking first spot in the Lowther Stakes.
Richard Hughes always seemed to have yesterday's race under control, and guided his mount three-quarters of a length clear of Anthem Alexander.
Should connections decide to supplement her for next week's Abbaye (she is 7-2 favourite with Coral and RaceBets) it would be a superhuman stretch for the champion jockey to make the scheduled weight of 8st 2lb.
Hannon said: "She was bought for £41,000 and is a very good filly - this has shown you can buy a horse for that money and get a top-class one. She's the two-year-old of the year to me, but she would be.
"I think the owners are very keen to go to Paris. I think the Abbaye comes at a good time - there are no real Breeders' Cup options - so if she's in great form then why not keeping going?"
Supporters of apprentice Louis Steward were rewarded for the second time in a major handicap after he guided Bronze Angel home at 14-1 in the Betfred Cambridgeshire.
Last month, Steward had struck at 20-1 on Mutual Regard in the Ebor, but will now no longer have the asset of his 5lb claim as this was the 50th success of the 19-year-old's career.
It was just as notable an achievement for his Marcus Tregoning-trained mount, who was joining just half a dozen other dual winners of the fiendishly competitive nine-furlong heat as he was also the answer to the 2012 renewal.
Steward, whose family run an amusement arcade in Great Yarmouth, earned gratitude from Tregoning for keeping his composure and pushing Bronze Angel two-and-a-quarter lengths clear of dead-heating pair Nice-ofyoutotellme and Velox.
"He loves a big field and this is when he comes best on this quick ground," said Stewart.
"I tried to produce him as late as I could and it worked. It's such a privilege to ride him, and a great training performance from Mr Tregoning."
Tregoning added: "Louis has excelled again. He is very calm - that's the trick. We fancied him like mad, we've made no secret of that, and we conveyed that to him - but he's ridden him really well. I guess we will have to come back again next year but we might think about taking him to Dubai over the winter."
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