With The Moonlight shines bright under William Buick
Newmarket Sunday review including Miami Girl and With The Moonlight
By Sporting Life
18:25 · SUN May 01, 2022
Appleby filly 10/1 for Epsom glory
Charlie Appleby’s With The Moonlight won the Listed Betfair Pretty Polly Stakes with ease and is now a top price of 10/1 with Sky Bet (from a general 40/1) for the Cazoo Oaks.
Fresh from saddling his first 2000 Guineas winner with Coroebus on Saturday, Appleby unleashed the Frankel filly in the 10-furlong contest and, despite proving weak in the market and returning 3/1 under William Buick, her fitness was never in question.
The three-year-old moved powerfully on the heels of the leader before Buick gave her free rein on travelling into the Dip. The response was immediate and she effectively had the race sewn up a furlong from the finish, ultimately coming home four and three-quarter lengths clear of 50/1 shot Mashaaer.
Short-price favourite Crenelle (6/5) was only third in the hands of Frankie Dettori.
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Appleby said of the winner: “I’m delighted with her. She’s a filly who had a nice profile as a two-year-old, but she was a bit raw.
“She finished up running a nice race in the Montrose on soft ground and her work at home has been good. The one thing she was going to do today was stay, so I told William to ride her positively.
“Once I could see from three down everything else was under the pump I was pretty confident she wasn’t going to stop.
“She travelled so well, but the race did fall apart a bit. What pleased William was when it fell apart and she went through the gears she kept going right to the line.”
He added: “She’s in the Oaks and we’ll see what happens in the other trials. Looking at her pedigree she’s out of a quick mare but the Frankel factor will add the stamina.
“We have Life Of Dreams who won at Newbury for the Musidora and after the trials we’ll formulate a plan.
“In her work she’s been getting quicker, in the spring we thought a mile and a half would be her thing. Obviously she stays 10 furlongs well and ticks a nice few boxes.
“France might be an option after we’ve seen how things develop in the next week. They only get one chance to run in an Oaks or a Derby."
Miami Girl rockets into Royal Ascot reckoning
Miami Girl booked her ticket for Royal Ascot with a startling debut display in the Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange British EBF Maiden Stakes.
The Richard Hannon-trained filly had no trouble in beating colts on her first start and earned a 10/1 quote for the Queen Mary from Betfair into the bargain.
With all the pre-race talk surrounding Andrew Balding’s expensive recruit Syndicated, Miami Girl, owned by Amo Racing, was sent off a 5/1 chance – but as soon as Rossa Ryan gave her the office going into the Dip the race was over.
She shot five and a half lengths clear, with Beautiful Sunrise running on late to beat the odds-on favourite for second.
“She’s a real two-year-old, a bit flighty – she hadn’t really shown us that at home,” said Hannon.
“I think it was a good performance for a filly against the colts. Rossa kicked on a long way from home, but they hadn’t gone much of a gallop.
“There’s the Marygate at York or the National Stakes at Sandown she could go for before Ascot and I think we might make hay while the sun shines.
“We’ll she how she is and if she relaxes, but I’d also be very happy to go to Ascot with the bubble still intact.”
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Hannon completed a double on the card and a cross-card four-timer when Desert Angel (3/1) ran out an impressive four-length winner of the Read Kevin Blake's Tips On Betting.Betfair Handicap.
Always well placed in the hands of Ryan Moore, Desert Angel took up the running approaching the final furlong and fairly powered clear of Cliffs Of Fury in the closing stages.
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Dreamloper gets the nod in Dahlia Stakes thriller
Dreamloper and Kieran Shoemark came out on top after a tight finish in the Betfair Exchange Dahlia Stakes.
Progressive last year, finishing her campaign with a fine third in the Sun Chariot, the Ed Walker-trained mare locked horns with Sir Michael Stoute’s Ville De Grace as the line approached in the Group Two, with Francis-Henri Graffard’s favourite Ebaiyra finishing fast also.
Shoemark’s mount was announced the 4/1 winner by a nose after a photo finish, with Ville De Grace second at 85/40 and Ebaiyra third, with the 15/8 market leader perhaps a shade unlucky having had to momentarily switch for a clear run.
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Walker said: “I had such a bad day yesterday and I thought we were definitely beaten.
“I’ve always thought plenty of her, but she’s been quite difficult to train. Molly Stratton, who rides her every day, has done a brilliant job in calming her down, she’s getting more and more relaxed now.
“She’s always been explosive and it doesn’t take much to set her off but Molly understands her now, I Just let Molly look after her as she knows her inside out so full credit to her.
“In the Sun Chariot all she was doing was closing so I was confident she’d stay further, but she’d been so keen in the past. Kieran gets on really well with her.”
On future plans, Walker said: “We have to try to win a Group One now, the Nassau over an easy 10 furlongs at Goodwood is made for her. I’ve put her in the Queen Anne at (Royal) Ascot as a stiff mile will be fine, but the Nassau is her race.”
Progressive Cemhaan wins again for Baker
Cemhaan wins under Hollie Doyle at Newmarket
Cemhaan backed up his recent Salisbury success with a resounding victory under Hollie Doyle in the £100,000 Betfair Daily Rewards Handicap.
George Baker's 100/30 market leader raced keenly through the early stages but bounded on two furlongs out and was not for catching, ending up two and a half lengths clear of 9/1 shot Revolver who was having his first start since September 2020.
Mark Johnston's Soapy Stevens (7/1) was never far off the early pace under Franny Norton and boxed on well to take third.
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“I didn’t have a penny on but you don’t need to when you are running for that sort of money,” said Baker.
“I thought he had been a bit free, but he’s just a quietly progressive staying horse. We’d made the entry for this before Salisbury and he had to win well there to come for this.
“I didn’t think he’d win like that and hopefully he might sneak into the bottom of something like the Ebor. He loves Epsom and there’ll probably be something at the Derby meeting for him.
“I hadn’t thought about two miles but he ran through the line strongly there to suggest he’d get it, so that would even bring races like the Northumberland Plate into it. We’ve lots of options going forward, we’re only at May 1, it’s a long season and we’ll obviously end up in the Arc!”
Haymaker lands knockout blow
Haymaker (10/3 fav) landed the knockout blow when making all of the running in the Betfair Racing Only Bettor Podcast 'Confined' Handicap for trainer Hughie Morrison and jockey Tom Marquand.
Quickly into stride, the son of Muhaarar was always travelling strongly at the head of affairs and had plenty left in the tank in closing stages to repel North Lincoln by three quarters of a length.
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