“We think he is where he was this time last year before the Winter Derby–working slightly better than the year before, when he was second to Alenquer,” Havlin said. “Lord North is an eight-year-old now and takes a bit of getting fit, but he seems to be bright in himself. From a fitness perspective, he will improve as he always needs this first run to get all the lights switched on, but he is the class act and we are expecting a big run.”

“He is quite an uncomplicated horse, as he relaxes into a race and it is up to you when to press the button. His optimum trip is probably nine furlongs given his record in the Dubai Turf, but he has run well over a mile and a half at the Breeders' Cup.”

While Godolphin's Listed Lingfield Derby Trial winner Military Order (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) failed to go on after that promising performance last May, the now-gelded full-brother to Adayar (Ire) showed form strong enough to be a major player here when second in the course-and-distance Winter Derby Trial Conditions S. in January. Possibly more attuned to the greater stamina test than Lord North, he represents a worthy rival alongside Prince Faisal's long-absent Eydon (Ire) (Olden Times {GB}) who is seen for the first time since finishing fourth in the 2022 G1 2000 Guineas.

“Military Order has definitely come forward since his last start,” trainer Charlie Appleby said. “He ticks a couple of boxes in that he has run well already this year over the track and trip. He should be a big player based on the pick of his three-year-old form and what he achieved in the trial.”

Ted Voute, racing manager to Prince Faisal, said of Eydon, “Andrew [Balding] has been pleased with him and was pleased with his gallop at Kempton. It's a pretty even field and they are all rated around the same figures apart from Lord North and we will see.”

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The 10-1 chance was swiftly into stride and tanked along on the front end through halfway. Nudged along passing the quarter-mile marker, he came under sterner urging approaching the final furlong and, despite drifting left in the closing stages, was driven out to prevail by 1 1/4 lengths from Witness Stand (GB) (Expert Eye {GB}).

“It wasn't the plan to make the running as I wanted to drop in, get a lead and get there late,” revealed rider Rab Havlin. “He was last in [the stalls] and first out, but normally he doesn't do a stroke when he is in front. I went on a fresh bit of ground and he found a rhythm. Towards the finish he got a little bit lonely and ducked left, but he has done it well in the end. He travelled good and handled the ground [behind Ancient Wisdom] in the Autumn S. [last time], but just didn't stay and he could get quicker over the winter. It is nice to get another Group winner on the board before the end of the season as I was running out of time.”

Pedigree Notes

Orne, full-brother to a gelded yearling and a weanling filly, is the second of four foals and lone winner produced by G3 Dick Poole Fillies' S. third Pellucid (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}). The February-foaled bay's dam is a half-sister to G2 Solonaway S. and G3 Jersey S. victor Space Traveller (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), who also hit the board in the GI Woodbine Mile, GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational and GI Frank E Kilroe Mile. Orne's third dam Snow Crystal (Ire) (Kingmambo) is kin to five stakes performers, namely G1 Fillies' Mile heroine Crystal Music (Nureyev), G1 Irish Derby third Tchaikovsky (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), the dual Group 1-placed G3 Lancashire Oaks victrix State Crystal (Ire) (High Estate {Ire}), G3 John Porter S. victor Dubai Success (GB) (Sadler's Wells) and G3 May Hill S. winner and G1 Prix Marcel Boussac third Solar Crystal (Ire) (Alzao). Solar Crystal, in turn, is the dam of G1 Racing Post Trophy placegetter Feared In Flight (Ire) (Hawk Wing).

Saturday, Newmrket, Britain
BETFRED HORRIS HILL S.-G3, £40,000, Newmarket, 11-4, 2yo, c/g, 7fT, 1:32.62, hy.
1–ORNE (IRE), 128, c, 2, by Acclamation (GB)
1st Dam: Pellucid (GB) (GSP-Eng), by Excelebration (Ire)
2nd Dam: Sky Crystal (Ger), by Galileo (Ire)
3rd Dam: Snow Crystal (Ire), by Kingmambo
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (120,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT). O-Al Shaqab Racing; B-Rathbarry Stud (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-Robert Havlin. £22,684. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $38,562. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Witness Stand (GB), 128, g, 2, Expert Eye (GB)–Respondez (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (80,000gns Wlg '21 TADEWE; 90,000gns RNA 2yo '23 TATAHI). O-Bronte Collection 1; B-Alvediston Stud (GB); T-Tom Clover. £8,600.
3–Son Of Man (Ire), 128, g, 2, Dark Angel (Ire)–Crisolles (Fr), by Le Havre (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (75,000gns RNA Ylg '22 TATOCT). O/B-China Horse Club International Ltd (IRE); T-Jane Chapple-Hyam. £4,304.
Margins: 1 1/4, 3/4, HD. Odds: 10.00, 8.00, 9.00.
Also Ran: Finbar Furey (Ire), Telemark (Ire), Ten Bob Tony (Ire), Blue Lemons (Ire), Change For Good (Ire). Scratched: North View (GB).

The John @thadygosden trained Orne bounces back to form today in the @Betfred Horris Hill Stakes under Rab Havlin pic.twitter.com/GHWZ5N5KoY

— Newmarket Racecourse (@NewmarketRace) November 4, 2023

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Racing in the catbird seat off the slow early tempo, the 4-7 favourite showed sharp acceleration to pounce on inferior rivals two out and settle the result quickly before drawing away for a resounding three-length success from stablemate Middle Earth (GB) (Roaring Lion). Lion's Pride, who hails from the same Clarehaven stable as Courage Mon Ami, becomes just the second TDN Rising Star for his sire after the ultimately disappointing Lion Of War (GB).

“He's always been quite a big baby and he learned plenty at Newcastle,” Havlin said. “He has a big action, so we avoided quick ground and I was impressed with the way he quickened from the two-and-a-half to the one-and-a-half today. Courage Mon Ami did everything wrong when he won here and was a work in progress and this guy is the same–he will learn and he was a different horse to the last day, so I'm sure he'll be a different horse again next time. He's got good attributes–he relaxes, has a good turn of foot and stays.”

Alongside Courage Mon Ami, Crimson Ribbon is also responsible for the Listed Chalice S. winner and G3 Pinnacle S. and G3 Princess Royal S. runner-up Crimson Rosette (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), the Listed Girvan Waugh Randwick City S. winner and G3 Neville Sellwood S. runner-up Astronomos (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) and for Purple Ribbon (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}), who was second in this track's Listed Wild Flower S. A full-sister to the G2 Hardwicke S. and G2 Jockey Club S. winner Bronze Cannon and the GIII My Charmer H. scorer Valiant Girl (GB), she is also a half to the G2 King Edward VII S. winner Across The Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). Her unraced 2-year-old Danielle (GB) is by Cracksman (GB), while she also has a yearling filly by Golden Horn (GB) and a filly foal by Time Test (GB).

3rd-Kempton, £40,000, Novice, 7-12, 3yo/up, 10f 219y (AWT), 2:24.10, st/sl.
LION'S PRIDE (GB), c, 3, by Roaring Lion
     1st Dam: Crimson Ribbon, by Lemon Drop Kid
     2nd Dam: Victoria Cross (Ire), by Mark Of Esteem (Ire)
     3rd Dam: Glowing With Pride (GB), by Ile De Bourbon
Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $29,093. O-Mr A E Oppenheimer; B-Hascombe & Valiant Stud Ltd (GB); T-John & Thady Gosden. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

Lion's Pride scores at @kemptonparkrace

The half-brother to Gold Cup winner Courage Mon Ami quickens clear in good style for Rab Havlin & team Gosden pic.twitter.com/Bp24VMFn5C

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 12, 2023

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Looming large on the stands' side at the quarter-mile marker, the 4-1 chance quickened smartly to lead approaching the final furlong and was ridden out by Robert Havlin in the closing stages to account for Copy Artist (GB) (No Nay Never) by two lengths. “This filly is still raw, but she has talent,” the rider said. “She quickened up well, she'll have learnt plenty and she can only come forward for the run.” Thady Gosden added, “She'd been going nicely at home and her mother won the Coronation Stakes, while Kingman was a champion miler. So yes, we would take a look at the Coronation Stakes. It's five weeks away, but another run would benefit her.”

Very taking debut!

Kingman filly Queen For You does it really well at @Ascot frist time out for Rab Havlin and the Gosdens… pic.twitter.com/EAgljwuYo0

— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) May 3, 2023

Queen For You, amazingly the 31st TDN Rising Star for her sire, whose best in that category so far are Persian King (Ire) and Palace Pier (GB), is the sixth of eight foals and fourth scorer produced by Fallen For You, whose progeny include the multiple group winner Glorious Journey (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Kingman's Listed Radley S. scorer and G3 Nell Gwyn S. third Love Is You (Ire). A daughter of the Listed Silver Trophy scorer and multiple group-placed Fallen Star (GB) (Brief Truce), she is kin to the Listed Heron S. winner Fallen Idol (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) and to the G2 Lancashire Oaks runner-up Fallen In Love (GB) (Galileo {Ire}).

Fallen In Love was in turn responsible for Kingman's Serve The King (GB), who took the GII Red Smith S. and was second in the GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, and also for the G3 Prix de Flore scorer Loving Things (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) who was third in the Lancashire Oaks. Also connected to the G1 Lockinge S.-winning sire Fly To The Stars (GB) (Bluebird) and the G2 Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen winner Peace At Last (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Fallen For You's 2-year-old filly Fight For You (Ire) is by Saxon Warrior (Jpn) while she also has a yearling colt by Lope De Vega (Ire).

3rd-Ascot, £40,000, Cond, 5-3, 3yo, f, 8fT, 1:46.04, gd.
QUEEN FOR YOU (IRE), f, 3, by Kingman (GB)
     1st Dam: Fallen For You (GB) (G1SW-Eng, $286,833), by Dansili (GB)
     2nd Dam: Fallen Star (GB), by Brief Truce
     3rd Dam: Rise And Fall (GB), by Mill Reef
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $25,703. O/B-Normandie Stud Ltd (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Havlin said of the winner, who along with his 2021 Dubai Turf and 2022 dead-heat in the same race also boasts the 2020 G1 Prince of Wales's S. on his resume, “That was like clockwork. His work has been a lot brighter and I think that was a better performance than last year, even though today did not have the depth of last year's race. He was a bit laboured through the final furlong and a half here last year, whereas today I was always confident he was going to pick up. He is better on galloping tracks, coming off a strong pace, but his class shone through. He has been showing us a bit of that at home–it was as if he was back to being a four or five-year-old. Hopefully he can get back on song and win the Dubai Turf outright this year.”

Pedigree Notes
Lord North's pedigree is a decorated one, with his dam Najoum (Giant's Causeway) being a granddaughter of the GI Santa Anita Oaks heroine Hail Atlantis (Seattle Slew). Responsible for the sires Stormy Atlantic and Mr. Katowice, her stakes-placed daughter Divine Dixie (Dixieland Band) produced the GI Blue Grass S.-winning sire Bandini and is the second dam of the GI Ashland S. scorer Out For A Spin (Hard Spun). Also related to the GI Summer S. winner Decorated Invader (Declaration Of War) and that sire's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero Fire At Will, Najoum has a 2-year-old filly by Too Darn Hot (GB) and a yearling full-brother to Lord North.

Saturday, Lingfield, Britain
BETUK WINTER DERBY S.-G3, £100,000, Lingfield, 2-25, 4yo/up, 10f (AWT), 2:02.32, st.
1–LORD NORTH (IRE), 128, g, 7, by Dubawi (Ire)
     1st Dam: Najoum, by Giant's Causeway
     2nd Dam: Divine Dixie, by Dixieland Band
     3rd Dam: Hail Atlantis, by Seattle Slew
O-HH Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed Racing; B-Godolphin (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-Robert Havlin. £56,710. Lifetime Record: MG1SW-UAE, G1SW-Eng, 19-9-3-1, $5,154,571. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Tyrrhenian Sea (Ire), 128, g, 5, Dark Angel (Ire)–Nocturne (Ger), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire).
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O/B-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd (IRE); T-Roger Varian. £21,500.
3–Foxes Tales (Ire), 128, g, 5, Zoffany (Ire)–Starfish (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). (400,000gns Ylg '19 TATOCT). O-King Power Racing Co Ltd; B-Manister House Stud (IRE); T-Andrew Balding. £10,760.
Margins: 3 1/4, HD, 2. Odds: 0.73, 4.50, 11.00.
Also Ran: Harrovian (GB), Lucander (Ire), Forest Of Dean (GB), King Of The South (Ire), Pistoletto.

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The well-backed 1-2 favourite settled under cover behind the leaders in third through sedate early fractions. Tanking forward when angled into the open approaching the quarter-mile marker, he quickened clear in taking fashion once shaken up for control entering the final furlong to easily outclass Alumnus (GB) (Kendargent {Ire}) by daylight.

Intinso, a March-foaled half-brother to a yearling colt by Decorated Knight (GB), is the third foal and winner produced by an unraced daughter of Neartica (Fr) (Sadler's Wells), herself a winning half-sister to eight black-type performers headed by the storied multiple champion Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa), G1 Prix Vermeille heroine Galikova (Fr) (Galileo {Ire}) and multiple Group 1-placed sire Anodin (Ire) (Anabaa).

4th-Newcastle, £6,800, Nov, 10-24, 2yo, 8f 5y (AWT), 1:44.92, st/sl.
INTINSO (GB), c, 2, by Siyouni (Fr)
1st Dam: Rose Of Miracles (GB), by Dalakhani (Ire)
2nd Dam: Neartica (Fr), by Sadler's Wells
3rd Dam: Born Gold, by Blushing Groom (Fr)
O-Imad Al Sagar; B-Blue Diamond Stud Farm (UK) Ltd (GB); T-John & Thady Gosden. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, £3,672. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Connections of the John and Thady Gosden-trained colt opted to sidestep the Derby after he picked up a mid-season setback.

Instead, Reach For The Moon was aimed at Royal Ascot, where he was beaten as a 2-5 favourite behind Claymore (Fr) (New Bay {GB}) in the Hampton Court S.

Now owned by the King, he is back in action over a mile in Paris for the Group 3 Prix Perth, with Robert Havlin in the saddle.

The King's racing manager John Warren said, “We think the ground and trip should be just what we have been looking for. He needs to get back racing again and it's a shame we are nearly at the end of the season as John Gosden is very happy with him.

“We are hopeful of showing his best form, especially as his form with Bayside Boy (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) looks very solid.”

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Commissioning, half to a yearling colt by Fastnet Rock (Aus), is the second of three foals and lone performer produced by a winning full-sister to G1 Irish Derby and G1 St Leger hero Capri (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), G3 Stanerra S.-winning G1 Irish Oaks and G1 British Champions Fillies & Mares third Passion (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and G3 Loughbrown S. victor Cypress Creek (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). The April-foaled bay's second dam Dialafara (Fr) (Anabaa), herself a half-sister to G3 Prix de Conde runner-up Diaghan (Fr) (Lawman {Fr}), is a daughter of G2 Prix de Malleret and G3 Prix de la Nonette victrix and G1 Prix Vermeille runner-up Diamilina (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}). Diamilina, in turn, is kin to four black-type performers headed by G3 Prix La Rochette winner and multiple Group 1-placed sire Diamond Green (Fr) (Green Desert).

Friday, Newmarket, Britain
BET365 FILLIES' MILE-G1, £528,750, Newmarket, 10-7, 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:36.53, gd.
1–COMMISSIONING (GB), 128, f, 2, by Kingman (GB)
1st Dam: Sovereign Parade (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Dialafara (Fr), by Anabaa
3rd Dam: Diamilina (Fr), by Linamix (Fr)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O/B-Isa Salman & Abdulla Al Khalifa (GB); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-Robert Havlin. £299,854. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $412,703. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Novakai (GB), 128, f, 2, Lope De Vega (Ire)–Elasia (GB), by Nathaniel (Ire). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. O/B-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum (GB); T-Karl Burke. £113,681.
3–Bright Diamond (Ire), 128, f, 2, El Kabeir–Starlite Sienna (Ire), by Elusive Pimpernel. 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. (€23,000 Ylg '21 GOFSPT; €52,000 2yo '22 TATGOR). O-Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum; B-Tom Molan (IRE); T-Karl Burke. £56,894.
Margins: 1, 4 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 0.62, 11.00, 7.00.
Also Ran: Polly Pott (GB), Library (Ire), Sparkling Beauty (Fr), Alseyoob (Ire), Ferrari Queen (Ire).

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Impressive in a July Course novice over this seven-furlong trip that has worked out well July 30, the John and Thady Gosden-trained bay was always travelling smoothly for Robert Havlin racing far side halfway down the field. Showing some signs of greenness but also evidence of a huge engine as she arrived into contention running down into the dip, the hooded 7-2 second favourite took the measure of Rage Of Bamby (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}) a furlong out and readily asserted on the climb to the line. She had 2 3/4 lengths to spare there over the eye-catching closer Electric Eyes (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), another Karl Burke juvenile to make an impact in a hot race, with Rage Of Bamby fading late to be 1 1/4 lengths further away in third.

“I had to wake her up a bit and almost got into trouble by getting there too soon, so I just sat there at the two pole,” Havlin said. “When she picked up, it was kind of immediate and I got a bit lonely in front. She would stay a mile no problem–I ride her quite a lot at home and we've always thought that as she finishes her work strongly. She can be busy in the mornings but is uncomplicated at the races.”

John Gosden is looking at a potential quick return to the Rowley Mile for the G1 Fillies' Mile in two weeks' time.

“We wanted to give her a bit of time after her debut, as she was growing and she is not a big heavy robust filly. Frankie said he couldn't pull her up after her debut and she went all the way to the very end. She was just getting rolling with a furlong to go there and it was slightly the same today. The Fillies' Mile comes quickly, but she doesn't have to run again after and it is close to home. If she is happy and well, we might look at it. There is also a Breeders' Cup invitation. We did that before we went to Del Mar with a filly that won this. She didn't stay a mile, but this one will.”

Karl Burke said of the runner-up, “She is a potentially high-class filly and she has proved that today. She got a little bit sandwiched coming out of the stalls and we didn't want to be that far back. She is quite a keen-travelling horse and she always wants a bit of cover. I'd say we won't run again. She is an inexperienced filly, but she is a big raw filly and this time of the year I don't want to run her back quick and we are running out of options. The horse that finished second in this last year didn't do too bad in the 1000 Guineas!”

Eve Johnson Houghton said of Rage Of Bamby, “I definitely think she was the second-best horse in the race. I think she had been softened up by the winner and the second horse came and got her. Possibly we need to drop her back in trip, as she had them all cooked a furlong out and I'm not sure she stayed the seven furlongs 100 per cent in that company.”

Commissioning is the first runner for the dam, whose son of Fastnet Rock (Aus) sells at the upcoming Book 2. A €175,000 purchase from the Aga Khan Studs draft at the 2010 Arqana December Mixed Sale, she is a full-sister to a pair of talented Ballydoyle performers in the G1 Irish Derby and G1 St Leger hero Capri (Ire) and the G3 Stanerra S. winner and G1 Irish Oaks and G1 QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares S.-placed Passion (Ire). Also a full-sibling to the G3 Loughbrown S.-winning stayer Cypress Creek (Ire), the Cheltenham Festival winning hurdler Brazil (Ire) and Rosegreen's 'TDN Rising Star' juvenile Tower of London (Ire), she is a granddaughter of the G2 Prix de Malleret and G3 Prix de la Nonette scorer and G1 Prix Vermeille runner-up Diamilina (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}).

The fourth dam is the Malleret runner-up Diamonaka (Fr) (Akarad {Fr}), whose sire son Diamond Green (Fr) (Green Desert) was runner-up in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains, G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp and G1 St James's Palace S., while she is also the second dam of the G1 Melbourne Cup runner-up Bauer (Ire) (Halling).

Friday, Newmarket, Britain
AL BASTI EQUIWORLD, DUBAI ROCKFEL S.-G2, £114,000, Newmarket, 9-23, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:24.40, gd.
1–COMMISSIONING (GB), 128, f, 2, by Kingman (GB)
     1st Dam: Sovereign Parade (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
     2nd Dam: Dialafara (Fr), by Anabaa
     3rd Dam: Diamilina (Fr), by Linamix (Fr)
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Isa Salman & Abdulla Al Khalifa (GB); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-Robert Havlin. £64,649. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $78,027. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Electric Eyes (Ire), 128, f, 2, Siyouni (Fr)–Love Is Blindness (Ire), by Sir Percy (GB).
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (45,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Clipper Logistics; B-Fairway Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd (IRE); T-Karl Burke. £24,510.
3–Rage Of Bamby (Ire), 128, f, 2, Saxon Warrior (Jpn)–Rabiosa Fiore (GB), by Sakhee's Secret (GB).
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Hot To Trot Racing 2 & Mrs A G Kavanagh; B-Azienda Agricola Capannacce Di Teodora Giorgi (IRE); T-Eve Johnson Houghton. £12,266.
Margins: 2 3/4, 1 1/4, 2 3/4. Odds: 3.50, 16.00, 7.00.
Also Ran: Sweet Harmony (Ire), Sydneyarms Chelsea (Ire), Dance In The Grass (GB), Rich (GB), Dubai Jemila (GB), Olivia Maralda (Ire), Lakota Sioux (Ire), Ipanema Princess (Ire), Eximious (Ire), Cell Sa Beela (GB), Leitzel (GB).

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“She's done well to pick up again after that,” reflected rider Rab Havlin. “The gap was there and my filly was going well. We just got tight, but credit to the filly as she organised herself and picked up. We always thought she was a proper filly last year and she did it today. She doesn't show a great deal at home and never has, but on the track she's been really progressive and looks like a Group 1 filly. I'd say we'd probably aim her a bit higher than the [G2] Lillie Langtry, that's an obvious race to consider at Goodwood, but I'd imagine connections will want to go for a Group 1.”

There was a sting in the tail for Havlin, who picked up a five-day suspension for being the one deemed to have initiated his own interference. “Sometimes horses will lean off the rail and I thought I gave Jim [Crowley on Eshaada] half a furlong to see if he was going to go back on,” he explained. “The gap was there and my filly was going well, but we just got tight. Normally, if it opens straight away, you would just wait as they can roll on and off the rail. I felt he was off the rail for long enough and his filly looked as if she was leaning into the Haggas filly [Sea La Rose], so I thought I was going to take the opportunity as I was going well. When I got halfway there it got tight.”

Free Wind, full-sister to a yearling colt, is the second of four foals and one of two scorers for MSW G3 Dance Design S. third Alive Alive Oh (GB) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}), herself half to G3 Fukushima Kinen and G3 Tanabata Sho victor Crescendo Love (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}). Alive Alive Oh is also kin to the dam of the dual stakes-placed Soldier's Minute (GB) (Raven's Pass). The April-foaled bay's second dam Higher Love (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), who was runner-up in the Listed Cheshire Oaks, is out of Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial runner-up Dollar Bird (Ire) (Kris {GB}), herself a half-sister to GSW sire Amfortas (Ire) (Caerleon) and to the dam of G1 1000 Guineas heroine Virginia Waters (Kingmambo) and G1SP sires Chevalier (Ire) (Danehill) and Alexander of Hales (Danehill).

Saturday, Haydock, Britain
BET365 LANCASHIRE OAKS-G2, £115,000, Haydock, 7-2, 3yo/up, f, 11f 175yT, 2:37.89, sf.
1–FREE WIND (IRE), 133, f, 4, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Alive Alive Oh (GB) (SW & GSP-Ire), by Duke of Marmalade (Ire)
2nd Dam: Higher Love (Ire), by Sadler's Wells
3rd Dam: Dollar Bird (Ire), by Kris (GB)
(325,000gns Ylg '19 TATOCT). O-George Strawbridge; B-Mrs Sue Ann Foley (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-Robert Havlin. £65,217. Lifetime Record: GSW-Fr, 7-5-1-0, $238,855. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Sea La Rosa (Ire), 133, f, 4, Sea The Stars (Ire)–Soho Rose (Ire), by Hernando (Fr). (€200,000 Ylg '19 ARAUG). O-Sunderland Holding Inc; B-G&B Partnership (IRE); T-William Haggas. £24,725.
3–Eshaada (GB), 133, f, 4, Muhaarar (GB)–Muhawalah (Ire), by Nayef. O/B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd (GB); T-Roger Varian. £12,374.
Margins: 2 1/4, NK, 2 1/4. Odds: 2.75, 4.00, 2.75.
Also Ran: Believe In Love (Ire), Stay Alert (GB), Nell Quickly (Ire), Kawida (GB). Scratched: Invite (Ire). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

Lancashire Oaks (G2)
2370m, 115.000 GBP, for 3yo+ mares
Haydock Park

Free Wind (IRE)
(4M Galileo – Alive Alive Oh, by Duke Of Marmalade)
J :Robert Havlin
T :John & Thady Gosden
O : George Strawbridge
B :Mrs Sue Ann Foley
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