Pillow Talk bursts into Royal Ascot picture

Molly Hunter
May 13, 2022 1:19 pm

Karl Burke assembling formidable squad of two-year-old talent.

Pillow Talk led home a one-two for North Yorkshire trainer Karl Burke in the Listed Knights Solicitors British EBF Marygate Fillies’ Stakes at York.

Sent off a 5-1 chance, Pillow Talk raced prominently on the far side of the track for Danny Tudhope after being nicely away in the five-furlong heat.

Primrose Ridge down the middle of the track and Lucy Lightfoot on the stands side set the early gallop but paid for their efforts in the final couple of furlongs as Yahsat (7-2) set sail for home.

⭐️ Here’s the opener! ⭐️
Pillow Talk wins the Knights Solicitors British EBF Marygate Fillies’ Stakes 🥇 #ITVRacing | #YorkRaces | @karl_burke pic.twitter.com/RIWgWwVK0h
— ITV Racing (@itvracing) May 13, 2022

Stablemate Pillow Talk soon set out in pursuit and the pair had it between them in the closing stages, with Tudhope’s mount edging it by a neck on the line. Jumbeau kept on for third, beaten two and three-quarter lengths.

Paddy Power go 14-1 about Pillow Talk for the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot, a race in which Burke already has another leading hope in Dramatised for the same Clipper Logistics connections.