Davison planning ‘logical' progression for She's Quality

South Wales Argus

09-05-2025

The four-year-old filly produced a career-best to outrun her 20-1 odds and finish as Rumstar's closest rival in the Group Three Palace House Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.
'She's doing great,' Davison said. 'She took the journey very well, so we are delighted with her first run of the season.
'I was delighted. She was a 20-1 shot, she had it all to do to get competitive and I thought she would be. She wanted fast ground, she wants a quick five (furlongs), it was a really pleasing run.
'She showed the speed she has and she ran the race the right way round. It was just very pleasing, plenty to move forward with.
'Any horse, no matter how much work you have done with them at home, they are entitled to improve for their first run, particularly their match practice for race sharpness.
'I'd expect the more we move into the hotter months, the more she'd thrive, and I'll race her sparingly now going forward and give her chance to keep progressing as a sprinter.'
Following her Abergwaun Stakes success at Tipperary in September, She's Quality tried her hand at elite level in the Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh two weeks later, finishing five lengths behind winner Bradsell.
Davison was keen to return to Pattern level on her seasonal reappearance and believes the daughter of Acclamation will have plenty of options open heading into the summer.
'It's very much one race at a time,' the Killarkin Stud trainer added. 'She's obviously won her Listed, I was keen to run her in a Group Three and she nearly pulled it off on Saturday.
'I suppose she's going to have an entry in the Temple Stakes at Haydock, we'll consider that closer to the time. I think a racetrack like York will suit her later on in the summer, possibly Goodwood in a Group Two.
'I'd like to try to take her up the grades logically, and perhaps have a swing at a Group One, something like the Nunthorpe, if she did manage to progress and win a couple more stakes races.'
With regards going to the Temple Stakes next, he said: 'I would say so. She's a Listed winner and now it's about trying to win a Group Three or Group Two, we'll walk before we can run and hopefully, all going well, I'd look forward to having a swing at the Nunthorpe in August.'