Smart fillies set to do battle on the Knavesmire
Royal Ascot clues on offer.
Royal Ascot aspirations will be put to the test as 12 fillies go to post for the Oaks Farm Stables Fillies’ Stakes at York on Friday. John and Thady Gosden’s Grande Dame did not make the track at two, but made up for lost time when running out a comfortable winner of a conditions race at Ascot on debut. The 105,000 guineas purchase holds an entry for the Coronation Stakes later this summer and the general 5-2 market leader makes the move into Listed company on just her second start.Promising filly! Grande Dame holds a Coronation Stakes entry at the Royal Meeting, and gets the hang of it late on to win on debut at @Ascot for Ryan Moore and the Gosdens… pic.twitter.com/u8UEw2Y8Rr
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) April 27, 2022
The daughter of Frankel could appreciate the step up to eight furlongs here and her handler is hoping she can leave that HQ reappearance in the past. “I was a bit disappointed with her in the Nell Gwyn, to be honest. I thought her run was a bit lacklustre. She stayed on, but I would hope she will be a bit sharper for that,” said Haggas. “She goes up in trip, but I hope she is a little bit sharper than she was last time.” Eidikos finished second to Perfect News at Newmarket in a nursery before rounding off 2021 with a fourth in the Radley Stakes and is an interesting runner for Edward Bethell, while another filly stepping up in trip to a mile is Karl Burke’s Honey Sweet. She has had to settle for a minor role in her two appearances on the Rowley Mile so far this summer, but both of those outings came over seven furlongs and the Spigot Lodge handler is hoping to learn plenty from this experiment over further.
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