Senorita Bonita storms home to win Sumbe Prix Morny at Deauville

The Crisford outfit landed the Deauville Group 1 courtesy of colt Vandeek in 2023 and were able to repeat the trick with the Victorious Forever-owned daughter of Starspangledbanner.

Ridden confidently by champion jockey Oisin Murphy, Senorita Bonita (2/1 favourite) came with a sustained run to gun down Aidan O'Brien's 150/1 outsider Carry The Flag, who had set a strong gallop and held a wide-margin lead entering the final couple of furlongs.

He started to run out of gas entering the last and Senorita Bonita - who had chased home Victorious in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot when last seen - swept past to win going away.

Paddy Power and Sky Bet reacted by making the winner a 5/2 chance (from 7/2) for the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket next month.

Simon Crisford told Sky Sports Racing: "She's got an amazing turn of foot.

"She was a bit slowly away today and was a bit behind the bridle, and they were going pretty quick in front. But her turn of foot is electric and she finished off the race superbly well.

"She's a proper filly. She's a Group 1-winning filly and we head to the Cheveley Park where we're going to face Sun Goddess and Libertango and that'll be one of the highlights of the autumn season."

Murphy said: "Her work leading into the race around 10 days ago at Newmarket was fantastic. Obviously, it was a while between runs and this was only her fourth career start. The only time she's been beaten was in the Queen Mary and today her preparation was perfect.

"Simon never likes me taking my time too much but Ed and I had planned to just allow her to relax wherever she was happy and let the race unfold. She has a very good turn of foot.

"To compare her to other good fillies I've ridden at two, Porta Fortuna and Alcohol Free, she's certainly towards their level and I'm delighted for their owners. Also, her breeders - the Gaffneys of Churchtown House Stud - are here and I grew up next to them. It's a family connection and I'm delighted to see them here in Deauville."

Regarding future plans, he said: "She has an awful lot of speed. She can do 43mph on the bridle so, who knows if she'll stay a mile. If she does, she's obviously very good. She's out of a Ruler Of The World mare so that opens up the idea but let's see what she can do between now and the end of the season."

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