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15:15 Newbury

Dubai Duty Free Stakes (Class A) (Registered As The Fred Darling Stakes) (Group 3) (fillies) (Class A)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 7f
  • Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 29.51s
  • 8 Ran
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1
Silk -

Majestic Desert

6/4

    2
    Silk -

    Nyramba

    6/1

      3
      Silk -

      Nataliya

      12/1

        2(4)
        Silk - Brown and Orange diamonds, Brown sleeves and cap

        Fragrant Star

        259
        66/1
        • Form 040105-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        slowly into stride, soon in touch on outer, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened

        3(6)
        Silk - Royal Blue, White striped sleeves, White cap

        Majestic Desert

        198
        6/4
        • Form 12312-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, quickened to lead 1f out, pushed out comfortably

        4(9)
        Silk - White, Emerald Green hoops on body, White cap

        Nataliya

        252
        12/1
        • Form 13-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        held up, headway and switched left over 1f out, chased winner and every chance inside final furlong, unable to quickened and lost 2nd final 50 yards

        5(5)
        Silk - Red, Emerald Green chevron, Emerald Green cap

        Nyramba

        198
        6/1
        • Form 12110-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        took keen hold, held up in rear, headway just inside final furlong, stayed on to take 2nd final 50 yards

        6(8)
        Silk - Green, pink sash and cap, white sleeves

        Phantom Wind (USA)

        184
        13/2
        • Form 01-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        chased leader, shaken up over 1f out, weakened final furlong

        7(1)
        Silk - EMERALD GREEN, YELLOW stripe, YELLOW cap

        Ruby Rocket (IRE)

        198
        12/1
        • Form 11314-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        took keen hold, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

        8(7)
        Silk - Emerald Green and Royal Blue (halved horizontally), Blue sleeves, Emerald Green cap

        Spotlight

        168
        10/3
        • Form 3121-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        led, set steady pace, ridden 2f out, headed 1f out, no extra

        9(3)
        Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap

        Unshooda

        196
        20/1
        • Form 2126-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        took keen hold, held up, effort on outside over 2f out, soon no impression and beaten

        1(2)
        NR

        Dowager

        169
        • Form 162461-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        In depth

        Verdict

        A wide-open looking contest in which all of the nine runners make their seasonal reappearance and it may be worth taking a chance with Phantom Wind, who is preferred to stablemate Nyramba and Majestic Desert. The selection needs to step up on her win in a Newmarket maiden but the daughter of Storm Cat beat the colts that day and could prove to be a decent filly. She is less exposed than some of her rivals and, at the likely odds, gets the nod. John Gosden also saddles the Ascot winner Nyramba but this looks tougher than that valuable sales race and, even under Frankie Dettori, she may struggle. John Dunlop also saddles two runners, with Spotlight preferred to Nataliya among his duo. Majestic Desert has done little wrong and Mick Channon has already won one fillies' trial, so the Tattersalls Breeders Stakes winner has to be respected, a long with Hugh Morrison's Ruby Rocket, who was only beaten two lengths in the Cheveley Park when last seen. However, Phantom Wind created a favourable impression when winning at Newmarket and just gets the nod.