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Cheveley Park bid not out of the question for Maw Lam

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Adrian Nicholls will consider a quick return to action in the Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes with Maw Lam following her narrow defeat at Ayr on Saturday.

Third in the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot, the daughter of Acclamation disappointed in the Flying Childers Stakes at Doncaster, but bounced back with a fine effort in defeat in Scotland, charging home to finish a neck second to Sky Majesty in the Group Three Firth of Clyde Stakes.

With the season drawing to a close, options for Maw Lam are few and far between, but she does hold an entry at Group One level on the Rowley Mile on Saturday, should connections decide to roll the dice.

“It was a really good run and I’m really pleased with her. Obviously it was a blip on her CV at Doncaster, but it was just one of those things and we’re right back on track,” said Nicholls.

“Jamie Spencer looked after her at Doncaster, hence why we could back her up and it was a great run. It’s always frustrating finishing second, but every race those good horses run in are so competitive and I’m just happy that she’s come back on track and seen the six furlongs out really well.

“She’s got more black type, and I am going to win a stakes race in this country sooner or later!”

He added: “We’re coming to the end of the year now so whether we have one more go, I’m not sure. I haven’t discussed it with Chris (Hirst, owner) yet, but obviously she’s still in the Cheveley Park.

“I don’t know what the ground is going to be like, it’s very changeable at the moment. She wouldn’t want gut-wrenching ground, I don’t think.

“We’ll see how she is and discuss whether we go to the Cheveley Park, if not that could probably be it for the season.”



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Maw Lam ready to confirm Queen Mary promise at Newmarket

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Adrian Nicholls is confident Maw Law can handle the step up in trip in the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes at Newmarket on Friday.

The daughter of Acclamation was a creditable third behind Leovanni at 50-1 in the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot over five furlongs and she is all set to tackle six furlongs for the first time at HQ.

Maw Lam launched her juvenile career with victory in May at Thirsk despite a sluggish start and she was again slowly away in the Hilary Needler at Beverley but she led into the final stages before being headed by Perfect Part.

She then stepped up to Group Two company at the Royal meeting when again her tendency to break slowly was evident but she still ran a big race to get some black type alongside her name.

And now she will try her luck over a longer distance at Newmarket.

Nicholls said: “It’s looking like she’ll take her chance (in the Duchess of Cambridge). Obviously nothing will be fully decided until Wednesday morning but she’s in there and I’m hoping she’ll go there.

“She’s come out of Ascot very well. Obviously we’re stepping up in trip but she was doing her strongest work going through the line it looked at Ascot.

“I think the six will be no problem to her. If for whatever reason she doesn’t stay we’ve always got the option to come back but it looks like the right opportunity to see. I think the trip should be fine.”

The Lowther Stakes during the Ebor Festival is also a target, while she also holds entries in valuable sales races at York and Doncaster later in the season.

Nicholls added: “Obviously she’s is in the sales races. She’ll get a Lowther entry and then obviously I’ll have to discuss it with (owner) Chris Hirst and see how we get on.

“The sales races are worth a lot of money and there is the lure of black type but obviously you need to be placed to get it.

“That’s his (Hirst’s) long-term plan. He’s already got some already but you want to try and get as much as you can on the way as you go.”



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Nicholls eyeing six-furlong switch for Maw Lam

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Adrian Nicholls knew he had a smart filly on his hands in the shape of Maw Lam and despite her being sent off at 50-1 in the Queen Mary, she justified his confidence with a fast-finishing third.

Had she hit top gear earlier under Hollie Doyle, the daughter of Acclamation may well have troubled the impressive winner Leovanni.

Given how well she finished her race, Nicholls is considering options over six furlongs as well as five, but as yet nothing is set in stone.

“We’ve got a few options going forward,” he said.

“She’ll probably get put in the second stage of the Prix Robert Papin, the Cherry Hinton could be on the cards also. Any five or six-furlong race from Listed upwards will be in the mix, I’ll have to talk to Chris Hirst (owner) about it.

“She ran a really good race and she is obviously a very talented filly but there isn’t a very good programme after Ascot for five-furlong two-year-olds, so we might have to step her up to six – I think she’ll stay though.

“The Molecomb is an option but with Goodwood being speed orientated, it might take her off her feet. Hollie did say it wasn’t as if she missed the break, though, she was just slow into her stride, but you can’t do that at Goodwood.

“That’s my job to do some work around the stalls, but over six it won’t be so much of an issue.

“It would be nice to win a Listed race before moving back up but she’s in the sales race at York, which is a big pot. Chris is building his own team of broodmares and as she’s got the black type, it’s not like he’s trying to promote her to sell her, so that’s an option.”

Nicholls went on: “I think she’s the best juvenile we’ve had, the good horses we’ve had have developed later on. We had Mamba Wamba and then Mo Celita came along, but she’s the best juvenile we’ve had. Normally our horses progress.

“She could have been second at Ascot, with a bit of luck she’d have won the Hilary Needler, so she’s going the right way. You need the rub of the green and hopefully she’ll get it somewhere this year.

“Tony Hamilton does a lot of work with her and he told us in February that she was a bit special.”



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