Causeway showed strength at the finish to follow in the hoofprints of Paddington in the Irish Racing Writers Association Madrid Handicap as Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore enjoyed a treble at Naas.

The Wootton Bassett colt raced in midfield after a slow break, but began to make headway and laid down his challenge at the furlong marker as Moore kept the 13/8 favourite up to his work to hold off Controlled by a head.