Instantly after Lake Victoria ‘s victory within the Cheveley Park Stakes (G1) final month, Aidan O’Brien relayed how jockey Ryan Moore had mentioned the filly can be effectively able to returning to Newmarket to contest the Oct. 11 Fillies’ Mile (G1) on her subsequent begin.
O’Brien chuckled as he mentioned it, not in derision however in a way of disbelief. But, such is the power in depth of the fillies underneath his tutelage this yr, the coach has been in a position to go away Lake Victoria at dwelling in Ballydoyle and nonetheless discipline almost half of the seven runners in Friday’s contest.
January is the journey of Ryan Moore within the Fillies’ Mile after her second within the Might Hill Stakes (G2) to Desert Flower final day out. Nonetheless, neither Dreamy , an unbeaten group 3-winning daughter of American Pharoah , nor Ballet Slippers, a successful daughter of six-time group 1 scorer Magical , look incapable of taking this contest and muscling in alongside Lake Victoria, Bedtime Story, Fairy Godmother, and Effervescent as formidable fillies for the long run.
“January is in good type since Doncaster and we have been very glad together with her run,” O’Brien mentioned. “Dreamy is a giant filly who’s going to be higher subsequent yr. We weren’t certain whether or not we’d let her take her probability right here however she appears to be in good type and we predict the expertise will do her good forward of subsequent yr.
“Ballet Slippers is progressing beautiful and she or he was very glad when stepping as much as a mile at Ascot. She is going to come on a lot for her first run on this firm however we have been glad together with her since.”
Desert Flower to Blossom for Appleby
Charlie Appleby has by no means educated the winner of the Fillies’ Mile, however then he had not received the Might Hill Stakes both earlier than Desert Flower did so final month.
Desert Flower’s victory at Doncaster was her third from as many begins and she or he was effectively on prime of January by the point the fillies hit the road on the finish of the group 2.
For Appleby, there seems to be little to concern him about her prospects, it’s going to merely be a case of whether or not or not she will ship for a fourth time this yr.
“Desert Flower has achieved nothing however enhance with every of her three begins,” he mentioned. “She proved herself over this journey within the Might Hill Stakes and I could not be happier together with her.”
