ON her second outing of the year, the 2018 Eclipse Award winner Monomoy Girl prepared for a return to Grade 1 action after winning Belmont’s Grade 2 Ruffian Stakes for fillies and mares.

In a field of five, the now five-year-old mare chased the pace-setting Mother Mother before she took the lead approaching the quarter pole and was comfortably able to stay ahead of Vexatious to win by two lengths in a decent time of 1m 34.13secs.