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Joe Fanning booked for Nunthorpe favourite Lady Iman

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Joe Fanning has been booked to ride Goodwood winner Lady Iman in the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes at York later this month.

The two-year-old filly will have to be supplemented for the Group One sprint but after winning the Molecomb Stakes – Lady Iman’s fourth victory in five career starts – owners the O’Callaghan family indicated they would be keen to pitch their juvenile into the all-aged contest.

While trainer Ger Lyons admits he is not usually in favour of running two-year-olds against older horses, he feels Lady Iman has all the right qualities to take on the test, with the services of lightweight Fanning already secured for the Starman filly, who would carry just 8st 2lb on the Knavesmire.

Lyons said: “I’ve just booked Joe Fanning to ride her (in the Nunthorpe). Joe sat beside me in the weigh room.

“It’s what Roger (O’Callaghan) wants and if she goes and wins the Nunthorpe we’ll all be delighted.

“Personally, I don’t like seeing babies taking on older horses. If we ever have one to do it’s her as she has the temperament, but we have to get there yet.”

Lady Iman is the general 4-1 favourite for the five-furlong contest, with a supplementary entry costing £40,000.

Lazzat in prime form as he bids for Deauville repeat

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Lazzat is being backed by connections to relish his optimum conditions when he defends his Prix Maurice de Gheest crown at Deauville on Sunday.

The four-year-old gave new owners Wathnan Racing a day to remember when landing the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Royal Ascot and Jerome Reynier’s sprint king now tries to make it three from three on the Normandy coast.

“Jerome reports he has come out of Ascot in good form and is fresh and well ahead of Sunday,” said Richard Brown, racing adviser to Wathnan Racing.

“He obviously won this race last year and we would be looking forward to seeing him go and try to defend his crown.

“I think a straight track is important to him and he’s versatile between six and seven furlongs, so this is right in the middle. It looks like it’s going to be nice ground and probably on the quick side which will be perfect for him.

“He’s already won us a Group One, he’s is a very talented animal and is exactly the type of horse we are looking for in the operation.”

The home side have a strong squad assembled for the Group One event and along with Lazzat, Francis-Henri Graffard’s Woodshauna also heads into the event with standout claims having scooped the Prix Jean Prat on his most recent start.

“Francis says he is in top form for this weekend’s race in Deauville,” said John Stewart of owner Resolute Racing.

“It looks to be an exciting race with a deep field and should be a good challenge to see him run against older horses.”

It has not been unusual to see Graffard in the winner’s enclosure in his homeland this term and as well as Woodshauna he will saddle Commonwealth Cup third Rayevka.

Charlie Appleby’s 2000 Guineas third Shadow Of Light just missed out on the podium in the Prix Jean Prat when beaten half a length, while he finished fifth in the Commonwealth Cup on his penultimate start.

He is joined in the line-up by Moulton Paddocks stablemate Symbol Of Honour, with the Godolphin handler hopeful this six-and-a-half-furlong test could prove perfect for both.

Appleby told www.godolphin.com: “Shadow Of Light has run solid races all year without getting his head in front, and this should be a nice distance for him. We are hopeful that, if he can run up to his best two-year-old form, it will make him very competitive.

“Symbol Of Honour ran a very creditable race in the July Cup (eighth) and I feel that the six and a half furlongs here will be a good trip for him.”

Other British interest is provided by Kevin Ryan’s Inisherin, who will be partnered by Ryan Moore as he seeks compensation after being withdrawn at the start of the July Cup, and Ed Bethell’s ever-consistent flagbearer Regional.

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Thesecretadversary hits Listed target at Tipperary

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Thesecretadversary claimed the scalp of Brussels to open his account in taking fashion in the Coolmore Stud Churchill Stakes at Tipperary.

Second to Humidity in the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot, Fozzy Stack’s youngster was surprisingly beaten at odds of 2-13 when fancied to get off the mark in an Ayr maiden last time out.

Unperturbed by that defeat, he returned to Listed level to take on the challenge of Aidan O’Brien’s impressive debut scorer and July Stakes fourth Brussels, who was sent off the 10-11 favourite in the hands of Wayne Lordan.

Brussels appeared on course for a return to the winner’s enclosure when Lordan sent his mount for home inside the final quarter-mile, but having travelled smoothly throughout in the hands of Seamie Heffernan, Thesecretadversary finished powerfully to register a length success at odds of 3-1.

Stack said “His run at Ayr was a mess-up and while maybe the winner isn’t too bad, they went no gallop and the ground was soft. He had run well in Ascot and backed that up today. He did it well.

“It might be worth taking our chance in those big races now and there’s a Grade One (Summer Stakes on September 13) race for him in Canada on the same weekend as the National Stakes, which might be an option.

“The horse’s family has been lucky for me and thanks to the Rupert and Magnier families (joint-owners) for sending them all to me. My association goes back to Scream Blue Murder and I have an older full sister to Thesecretadversary in training as well.”

Gstaad ruled out of Phoenix clash

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Impressive Royal Ascot winner Gstaad has been ruled out of this afternoon’s Group One Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh.

Aidan O’Brien had warned on Friday that the Coventry Stakes scorer had been “a little bit quiet” after his exercise in the morning but he had hoped it was nothing too serious.

Gstaad was due to clash with fellow Royal Ascot winner and stablemate True Love but news came through on Saturday morning that Gstaad was off his feed.

That means O’Brien now relies on True Love and Puerto Rico.

O’Brien’s son Joseph fields the main danger in Green Sense, winner of the Prix Robert Papin last time out and a late absentee from the Ballyhane Stakes on Monday.

He said: “We’re happy with her off the back of a good run.

“It looks a strong renewal of the race, obviously, if dad’s two turn up.

“We’re hoping for a good run from her, and it would be great if she could get Group One-placed.”

Power Blue has not dodged anyone all season finishing fifth in the Coventry and third in the Railway, so Adrian Murray’s colt faces a tall order in his bid to give the yard a second win in the race in three years.

Murray said: “This looks a tough race for Power Blue, but he’s been running well in all the big races and he’s danced all the dances.

“He’s in great form so we’ll let him take his chance. We’ll see if Aidan runs both his big guns, you never know.

“We won this with Bucanero Fuerte two years ago and he would have the edge at the same stage. Power Blue is a very nice horse, but Bucanero just always had that touch of class, he’s a Group One winner.”

Power Blue is owned by Amo Racing as is the final runner in the field, David Loughnane’s Do Bronxs.

Art Power ready to continue Curragh love affair

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Course specialist Art Power returns to the Curragh on Saturday for the FBD Hotels And Resorts Phoenix Sprint Stakes when he can finally get his season under way.

The unusually dry spring and summer has prevented Tim Easterby’s grey from running so far this season as he is at his best when he can get his toe in.

That is usually the case at the Curragh, where the eight-year-old has won four times from six outings.

“He likes it good or softer and we’ve been struggling to find any,” said Easterby.

“He hasn’t had an issue. We were going to get him ready in the spring but it was so dry there was no point and then we’ve found him a couple of races and he wasn’t able to run.

“He got balloted out of a handicap at York and the ground was too fast at Ascot. He could have run at Chester last week but we decided not to run him there and wait for the Curragh.

“He’s done a lot of work, he’s in good form and I don’t look to see how old he is. I never look at their age, I just go by what they are showing me. If he was a Champion Hurdle horse you’d be delighted he was eight.

“It sounds like the ground is good and we’re very happy with him.

“I know it looks like he’s better there than anywhere but I just think that’s down to the fact it is always nice ground there.”

Kind Of Blue (red hat) won at Ascot on Champions Day
Kind Of Blue (red hat) won at Ascot on Champions Day (Nigel French/PA)

Another strong challenger from Britain is the James Fanshawe-trained Kind Of Blue, winner of the Champions Sprint last season but on a retrieval mission.

Richard Brown of owners Wathnan Racing said: “We’re on the comeback trail but his work has been very good and James is very happy with him.

“We’ve had a couple of blips but hopefully we can get back on track on Saturday.

“I think the Curragh will be ideal for him and the stiff finish there will be right up his alley.”

Karl Burke’s Spycatcher and David O’Meara’s Nighteyes also make the journey.

Heading the home team is Adrian Murray’s Bucanero Fuerte, winner of the Group One Phoenix Stakes on the card two years ago.

“We’ll be going quite confident, he’s in great form, he’s fresh and well and should run a big race,” said Murray.

“He’s got a great record first time out, he’s won every year actually, so it will be no bad thing he’s only had one run.

“He did have a bit of a setback just before Ascot, so he had a bit of time off after that but it might not be the worst thing in the world given his record fresh.

“He’s won a Group One at the Curragh, he loves it there and he goes on any ground, he’s won on all sorts, the ground won’t be an issue, it will be lovely.

“I don’t look at it and think ‘I wish they weren’t running’, I’m looking at it thinking we should go well and be one of the favourites.”

Royal Dubai aiming to continue good start for Burrows at Haydock

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Owen Burrows is hopeful Royal Dubai can build on his winning start for the yard when he lines up for the Group Three Betfred Rose of Lancaster Stakes at Haydock.

The five-year-old son of Seahenge joined Burrows from Marco Botti in June and quickly became popular with his new trainer, landing the Steventon Stakes at Newbury less than a month later.

After defeating Rashabar by a length in that Listed contest in Berkshire, Burrows is keen to continue that momentum as Royal Dubai targets a maiden Pattern success at Haydock on Saturday.

“He’s come out of Newbury very well and I’m very pleased with him so it looks a nice, logical next step,” he said.

“I think we only had him about a month or so before, so he settled in like an old pro and it was a very pleasing start.

“We’ve got to go up in grade and I feel it’s a very trappy, very tight race on Saturday, so let’s see what happens.

“We obviously stepped him up in trip, it looked to suit at Newbury so hopefully he can keep progressing.”

Haatem returns to 10 furlongs having dropped down to a mile last time out after winning the Wolferton Stakes for Richard Hannon.

“I think 10 furlongs is his best trip now and obviously he won the Wolferton Stakes well at Royal Ascot,”said Richard Brown, racing adviser for owners Wathnan Racing.

“I think going back up to that distance is going to put everything in his favour and hopefully he can run a big race.”

Charlie Appleby is doubly represented, through Military Order – who is a full-brother to Derby and King George hero Adayar – and First Conquest.

“Military Order ran a very creditable race at Royal Ascot (sixth in the Wolferton) and likes the combination of quick ground over a mile and a quarter,” the Moulton Paddocks handler told the Godolphin website.

“This will hopefully tell is whether he is a horse for something like the Bahrain International Trophy later in the year.

“First Conquest goes into this in great order and stepping back up to a mile and a quarter will hopefully suit. If he runs to the level of his Dubai form earlier in the year, he should be very competitive.”

Wathnan have another dart in the extended mile-and-a-quarter race with Hamad Al Jehani’s Haunted Dream, while Certain Lad runs for Jack Channon.

The green and pink silks of Juddmonte have market leader Detain, trained by John and Thady Gosden, and Harry Charlton’s Okeechobee to complete the eight-runner field.

International challenger Danon Decile enjoys gallops spin

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Japanese raider Danon Decile stepped up his Juddmonte International Stakes preparations with his first piece of work since arriving in Newmarket on Friday morning.

The Dubai Sheema Classic winner is a temporary resident at James Horton’s Beech Hurst Stables in the heartland of British racing ahead of his mouthwatering York clash with Eclipse one-two Delacroix and Ombudsman.

He had his first canter up the famous Warren Hill in the company of trainer Shogo Yasuda, who is pleased by how his charge has settled into his new surroundings and also has no concerns about reverting to a mile and a quarter after his Group One strike over further in Dubai.

Yasuda said: “We did travel very well, so we’re very satisfied.

Danon Decile making himself at home in Newmarket
Danon Decile making himself at home in Newmarket (York Racecourse)

“My training plan between the two weeks from here to York, the main thing is to take care of his mind – make him happy.

“I’m not concerned for the shorter distance. I believe he’s got a lot of experience from racing. I’m not worried about the drop in distance. He can adjust pace.”

Danon Decile is a five-time winner who will arrive at the Knavesmire in search of a hat-trick in the £1.25milllion feature of the Ebor Festival’s opening day after his Meydan win followed a valuable triumph in his homeland.

The four-year-old is as short as 4-1 with some bookmakers to scoop the prestigious Group One and he will be the second Japanese challenger in as many years to venture to Yorkshire after Durezza finished fifth in a race recognised as officially the best in the world 12 months ago.

Katie Davis looks to Frankie Dettori for Shergar Cup advice

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Katie Davis will look to Frankie Dettori for some sage advice as she prepares to make her Shergar Cup debut at Ascot.

The 33-year-old shot to international fame after featuring in the Netflix series ‘Race For The Crown’ and the multiple US stakes-winning rider is eager to capitalise on any advantage she can gain for her British debut.

Dettori, who famously went through a seven-race card at Ascot in 1996 and is now riding in the US, offered his help to Davis when the pair crossed paths at Saratoga and Davis will have him on speed dial.

She said: “My plan is to walk the track at least twice. It was nice to hear from Frankie Dettori because he’s riding in Saratoga and he’s like ‘Katie, when you get your entries out, you better call me’.

“I said ‘don’t you worry, I’ll call you’, obviously I’m not that stupid. I’m trying to win a race here!

“I breezed two for Wesley (Ward, trainer) on the grass with Frankie, and I was telling Wesley and Frankie and Wesley’s like ‘you’re gonna have a blast, you have to go’. I go ‘I wanted to pick your brain’ and he said ‘I’m not the right person to pick, you gotta pick Frankie’.

“I’ll probably What’s App him (Dettori), kind of send the photos, let him analyse it. It’ll be really nice. I’m really lucky to have him behind me too in this.”

Davis rides in five of the six races in the team competition, with the Andrew Balding-trained Miss Information – winner of the Kensington Palace Stakes at the Royal meeting – seemingly her best chance of victory.

She said: “I’m super excited. I’m not nervous at all, it feels right so I’m just looking for a great opportunity and a great experience, and just go from there.

“It looks tough, but I would like to win a race. It’s what I said the first year I went into Saratoga and I won seven – I’m not saying I’m going to win the whole thing, but I’d like to win one, think positive!”

Davis will compete as part of the Rest of the World team, joining captain Karis Teetan and Australian Hugh Bowman, who previously led the side to victory in 2007.

“I asked why Hugh isn’t the captain because he’s won one of them and we all started laughing,” said Davis. “I said ‘we’re all gonna have fun. let’s enjoy it, bring the best out of each other and kind of see where it goes’.

“There’s no pressure, it’s nice to have teams so you can kind of follow and talk when you’re out there and you’re next to each other going full speed.”

This year’s Shergar Cup has undergone a shake-up, with the Ladies team no longer featuring, leaving the Rest of the World to compete with squads from Great Britain and Ireland, Asia and Europe.

Female riders will still take leading roles though, with France’s Delphine Santiago in the Europe side, while Joanna Mason and Hollie Doyle will both fly the flag for Great Britain and Ireland.

Davis’ sister Jackie is also a jockey and after her sibling previously met Doyle, she is particularly keen to make a connection with Britain’s most successful female rider.

She added: “My sister Jackie has met her, I think she was overseas one year and she raced my sister, and she said ‘you’re gonna love her, she’s just like us’. I really wanted to meet her and obviously I’m going to, so I hope we hit it off.

“It’s always nice that there’s people in the industry that you can talk to and it’s tough being a women.”

Return to Goodwood possible for Seagulls Eleven

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Hugo Palmer will monitor the Celebration Mile at Goodwood as he plots a route for Seagulls Eleven.

The son of Galileo Gold, who is owned by a group of current and former Brighton football players, finally broke his Group-race duck when landing the Thoroughbred Stakes on the Sussex Downs.

He could be heading back to Goodwood over course and distance, while a trip to Doncaster is also on option before a likely run overseas.

Palmer said: “He had some fairly tough assignments last year and as a result, despite the fact he was the 10th highest rated two-year-old in Europe, he only actually won a maiden so it’s lovely for him to be a Group winner.

“He got a couple of fairly nasty knocks as well. Henri Matisse crashed into him fairly hard in the National Stakes and he was crashed into from behind in the Breeders’ Cup.

“I think as a result when he just got very fractionally short of room in the Guineas, he just panicked and kind of pulled himself up, so we’ve worked hard with his confidence, both at home and in races.

“I thought he ran a really good race in the Jersey despite being drawn on the wrong side but on his side he was just a long neck, half a length second.

“And then he was obviously very good in the Henry Cecil Stakes (at Newmarket) and we were delighted when Charlie Appleby took his horse (Opera Ballo) out so we didn’t have to try to reverse form with him.

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Seagulls Eleven on his way to Goodwood glory (Andrew Matthews/PA)

“We’ve put him in the Park Stakes at Doncaster and we’ll keep an eye on the Celebration Mile and see how many are likely to stay in that.

“We might supplement him in that over course and distance. He would have been a horse for what used to be the Sovereign Stakes at Salisbury, but that’s gone and he’d have had a penalty in that. We’d love to potentially travel him.

“We were thinking about a $1million race at Kentucky Downs which is quite up and down, which is un-American and quite Goodwood-esque, I believe, not that I’ve been there.

“We potentially might be invited to the Golden Eagle which is worth A$10million and it’s a lot of money to pass up. So we’ll just have to see. He’s come out of the race super.”

Options home and abroad for promising filly Awaken

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Royal Ascot runner-up Awaken is poised to return to deeper waters after a brief drop back in grade to open her account at Leicester recently.

Second to Richard Spencer’s well-regarded Gold Digger at Yarmouth on debut, she reversed that form when again a silver medallist in the Albany Stakes at the Royal meeting, finishing a length and a half adrift of Karl Burke’s Venetian Sun in a race that is beginning to look a red-hot piece of form.

The daughter of Mehmas made all to open her account at Leicester and Harry Herbert of owners Highclere Thoroughbreds said: “The Albany form is very strong and she has come out of the race really well, which she should have done really as it was just a piece of work for her in many ways.

“It was good to make her a winner and in that respect it was job done and now we can aim our sights towards black-type races again.”

Trained by George Boughey, Awaken is currently a single figure price for the Sky Bet Lowther Stakes during York’s Ebor Festival, but she is not certain to line-up on the Knavesmire with connections also contemplating a step up in trip for Deauville’s Prix du Calvados.

Herbert continued: “It could be the Lowther next but I’m not sure that necessarily smells totally right at the moment and she has plenty of options. There’s also the Prix du Calvados in France and we think seven furlongs would very much be in her compass.

“There’s two or three races lurking and we do think now she’s got the win under her belt she is capable of taking that step back into black-type company and see how far she takes us.

“She’s a very scopey filly and it is also about next season as well and here at Highclere we’re forever dreaming she may develop into a 1000 Guineas prospect, it’s fantastically exciting.”

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Sons And Lovers goes the distance in the Ballyroan victory

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Sons And Lovers put up a smart front-running performance to repel Crystal Black in the Tote Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown and set up some potentially big targets on the international stage.

A staying-on fifth in the 10-furlong Wolferton Stakes at Royal Ascot, Joseph O’Brien elected to try a mile and a half with his four-year-old, who was well backed as the 6-5 favourite .

The popular Crystal Black tracked the winner all the way, but try as he might he could not quite get to Dylan Browne McMonagle’s mount, going doing by half a length.

O’Brien: “He’s had some very good runs this year and it was his first time going the trip. We were pretty hopeful that he would enjoy it.

“There is a race here for him on Champions Weekend (Kilternan Stakes) and we’re also going to look at some international targets in the autumn.

“The owners have Absurde who ran well in Melbourne a couple of times and there is a good chance we could look at something like that for him.

“There are races all over the Middle East and there is also Dubai early next year. Everything is on the table at the moment.”

Johan has been a tremendous servant to the Channon yard and the decision to travel to Ireland with the eight-year-old proved inspired in the Bahrain Turf Club Desmond Stakes, the other Group Three on the card.

Having his first run since October, Jack Channon’s charge was straight to the front under Ronan Whelan and the 2022 Lincoln Handicap winner refused to give way, holding on by half a length from 15-8 favourite Alakazi.

Whelan said of the 12-1 winner: “Obviously his form suggests he runs well fresh and the lads pinpointed him to come here fresh.

“He likes to get into a rhythm, so we were happy enough to bowl away and the way the track sets up played to his strengths today.

“He’s a credit to connections and is getting better with age. It’s nice to tick off a stakes race for them.”

He added: “The Channons have always been very good to me and it’s great to repay them.”

Aidan O’Brien’s Montreal defied market weakness to run out a most impressive winner of the Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C&G) Maiden.

With plenty of support for Ger Lyons’ newcomer Res Ipsa, Montreal drifted out to 6-4, as Res Ipsa went off the 5-4 favourite.

However, after missing the break Colin Keane was always fighting a losing battle on the market leader, with Wayne Lordan getting Montreal over to the rail from his wide draw and moving an effortless eight lengths clear in the straight.

A son of Sea The Stars, Montreal holds entries in the Champagne Stakes and National Stakes and a look into the female side of his pedigree sees the likes of King’s Best and Urban Sea.

Stable representative Chris Armstrong said: “He was going nicely at home before his first run, but he jumped slow and was just a bit green and immature. He’s improved nicely in the two weeks at home.

“Wayne controlled it from the front, setting a nice even tempo, and kept gradually building it up.

“All the big options for the rest of the year are open to him and he’ll be a lovely middle-distance horse for next year. He’s put himself in the mix to come back here on Champions Weekend.”

Waardah far from certain to go to York

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Waardah looks set to bypass the Yorkshire Oaks on the Knavesmire and head straight to Qipco British Champions Day should the drying weather continue for Owen Burrows’ star filly.

The three-year-old daughter of Postponed stepped up to a mile and six furlongs for the first time with ease as she held off Danielle to secure the Lillie Langtry at Goodwood last week.

That success put her in the conversation for the Group One contest during the Ebor Festival at York, but the lack of cut in the ground has cast doubt over Waardah’s participation.

However, the Farncombe Down trainer is unfazed at a potential three-month wait for her return at Ascot, if she does not get her preferred conditions.

“She’s come out Goodwood well,” Burrows said. “She’s in the Yorkshire Oaks, that might come a bit quick to be honest and looking at the weather she does like to get her toe in a little bit.

“There’s no significant rain anywhere through until the end of next week and I think the Fillies & Mares at Ascot is tailormade for her with near enough guaranteed soft ground, so I’ll probably work my way back from that.

“If she’s having to go straight there, then so be it. If we can get another one into her then great, that’s a bonus.”

Gabriella Hill bringing historic link to Newmarket

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Gabriella Hill, the great-granddaughter of Dawn Run’s owner Charmian Hill, could become a familiar face in Newmarket, as she ventures across the Irish Sea for her first taste of British racing’s Headquarters.

She registered the third victory of her fledgling riding career when guiding Henry de Bromhead’s Trubshaw to victory at Sligo on Wednesday, her first success in the famous silks once worn by Jonjo O’Neill when guiding the magnificent Dawn Run to victory in both the Champion Hurdle and Cheltenham Gold Cup in the 1980s.

Hill’s previous two winners had come for Jim Bolger and with her claim now reduced to 7lb, she will spread her wings by joining Stuart Williams on a trial basis in the heartland of British racing.

Hill said: “He’s (Trubshaw) come on a lot in his last few runs and it’s great to get a win in the family colours.

Gabriella Hill after riding a winner for Jim Bolger
Gabriella Hill after riding a winner for Jim Bolger (Brian Lawless/PA)

“I’m getting the boat over to Newmarket on Monday to join Stuart Williams.

“He has a good few horses and I’m looking forward to it.”

Williams will be hoping Hill continues the promising start she has made to her career in Ireland and is looking forward to welcoming her to his Diomed Stables team.

He added: “She is going to come over for a trial for a couple of weeks and to see if she enjoys Newmarket and see how we get on together and then make a decision from there.

“She rode a winner on Wednesday night and hopefully she will enjoy being with us and stay for a while.”

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