Sweet success means Easy Peeler unlikely to make quick return
John and Sean Quinn's filly has yet to finish out of the first three in her career and seems to still be improving.
Having seen off Lady Of Andros to win the class two handicap, attention swiftly turned to the valuable Churchill Tyres Supporting Macmillan Sprint Handicap for which she is declared.
However, Sean Quinn feels she might have done enough for the week.
He said: 'My gut feeling is she's won a big race, it's a very warm day and she got warm before the race so she's expended a lot of energy.
Easy Peeler flies home to win the British EBF Supporting Racing With Pride Fillies' Handicap for Rowan Scott and the Quinn stable! 🏆@rowan_49 | @johnquinnracing | @BritishEBF pic.twitter.com/EjNydy2rdZ
— York Racecourse (@yorkracecourse) June 13, 2025
'She's a filly we like, so I don't think we need to come again tomorrow because we don't really need to. She's won a good race there.
'She's progressing nicely. She's running in some nice handicaps at the moment, but she was bred by Whitsbury Manor Stud who have Havana Grey and they've leased her to Hot To Trot (owning syndicate), so she'll end up back there as a broodmare and they'd love to get black type. That's a little way from our minds at the moment.'
David Egan was predicting a bright future for India Love (13-2) after the George Boughey-trained filly made a winning debut in the Juddmonte EBF Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes.
The more experienced Bleep Test made a bold bid from the front but despite racing keenly early on, India Love still had enough left to win by a neck.
'She's been keen at home and shown plenty of enthusiasm so cover was the plan today and I'm glad we got it. I think it's just a case of she's very, very quick,' said Egan.
'She'll get faster with that run and even though she was on it early on, she was very well behaved in the prelims which is half the battle.
'In a stronger race they'll go even fast. She's a nice filly. For a Havana Grey she was very well bought for £55,000 guineas and she'd done everything right at home.'
Andrea Pinna rode his first York winner when bringing Feel The Need with a sustained run down the outside in the Andy Thornton Hospitality Furniture 50th Anniversary Apprentice Handicap.
Having just his second ride on the Knavesmire, Pinna, who rides primarily for Kevin Frost, had been booked by Michael Herrington for the five-year-old.
The 13-2 chance just got the better of course specialist Tolstoy to win by a neck.
'I saw the favourite edging closer so I just followed him and if the ground was a bit softer he would have won easier,' said Pinna.
'I wanted to drop in and see if a couple of gaps opened up, but I couldn't see any so I just stayed on that line and he galloped on strong.
'He likes this track and soft ground suits him better.'
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