Quiet Reflection sluiced through the testing ground at Haydock Park to claim the 32Red Sprint Cup as Karl Burke's flying filly became a two-time Group One winner.
With July Cup winner Limato ruled out on account of the rain-softened ground, Quiet Reflection was sent off the 7-2 favourite and travelled really strongly under regular pilot Dougie Costello.
The response was immediate when Costello asked, with Quiet Reflection quickening to the front and racing away to cross the line a length and three-quarters ahead of the staying-on The Tin Man (6-1), with Suedois (7-1) third.
Burke's stable star had previously scored at the highest level in the Commonwealth Cup, but this was more meritorious as that success came in a contest confined to three-year-olds.
Costello said: "I've never ridden anything like it and probably never will again. She's push-button go. She won as she liked, she's the real deal.
"She was fresh today and between the five and the three I was running away. I got there a little bit sooner than I'd liked."
Quiet Reflection is an emphatic winner of the 32Red Sprint Cup. Many congratulations to all of her connections. pic.twitter.com/ztASMc1HT6
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Burke said: "I knew she'd improved and strengthened. She's such a straightforward filly.
"Jordan (Vaughan) does a brilliant job riding her, but I told him he had to go to Kempton to ride Georgian Bay and he's just got done a head in a 60 grand handicap.
"The whole team have done a great job and there's the farrier Andy Grant. He's done a fantastic job all year with her feet. They haven't been the best.
"I know we wanted a bit of rain but I was a bit worried when it got this soft as I thought it might play into the hands of the older horses.
"She's just got speed to burn. She travels well and is so relaxed. She blows when she works but when she runs she doesn't turn a hair.
"She'll go to Ascot next for the Champions Sprint and I'm praying she stays well and sound so she can stay in training next year."
James Fanshawe was delighted with the performance of slowly-away The Tin Man, who is set for a rematch with Quiet Reflection at Ascot.
The Newmarket trainer said: "He ran really well. Obviously we were concerned about the ground, but he's run with great credit. He'll go to Ascot now."
David O'Meara will probably send Suedois abroad in search of picking up a big prize.
He said: "I'm really happy with him to be placed in another Group One. He's very consistent and very tough.
"We'll give him a little break and look for something abroad at the back-end."
Dancing Star, who had been supplemented for this race, will be put away for the year after failing to handle the soft ground.
Trainer Andrew Balding said of the Stewards' Cup winner: "Franny (Norton) said she travelled well but when he let her down she struggled in the ground, so he looked after her.
"We'll put her away for next year. We'll start at a realistic level and work from there."
