Amo Racing's expensive 2.5 million guineas filly Alpinara started to repay the huge outlay as she won on her three-year-old reappearance at Doncaster on Friday.
A full-sister to Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Alpinista, the daughter of Frankel was sent off the 4/5 favourite for Sir Mark Prescott and David Egan in the British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes over a mile and a half.
Due to the hot weather the race kicked off a morning card on Town Moor at 10:15 and, in glorious sunshine on a blue-sky day, Alpinara wasted no time in getting her maiden won.
Only seventh over a mile at Newbury on her only previous start at two, Alpinara improved a great deal for moving up in trip and she travelled all over the front-running Green Area with the pair clear.
Once she mastered that rival in the final quarter mile it was left to the staying-on Brunhilde to mount the final challenge, but Alpinara was away and gone and, kept up to her work by Egan, she got the job done by three-and-a-quarter lengths.
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Egan said afterwards: "You don't expect mile and a half fillies at this time of year to be impressive.
"They are always probably just saving a little bit. She has taken a massive step forward from her first run, Sir Mark has done a terrific job getting her ready for today.
"I'm sure she'll step forward again."
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