Sayidah Dariyan swoops late for Summer success
Dropped in class to a Group Three and back in against her own sex, the 9-4 favourite could be spotted travelling ominously well with two furlongs to run but she had a wall of horses in front of her.
Loughnane managed to weave his way through the pack to take up the running and the race was over in a matter of strides.
Nighteyes, who herself had outrun market expectations in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Ascot, stayed on for a length-and-a-half second, catching the returning Celandine, last year's Lowther winner who was making her first start of the season.
Loughnane told Racing TV: 'Richard told me to be as confident as I could on her as she relaxes lovely behind, she conserves so much energy and she's got an electric turn of foot when you let her down.
'She ran well at Ascot but I'll leave future placing to Richard and the team. She's in great nick and is definitely a filly on the up.
'She's got the best mind ever. She yawns in the gate and when they open she gets down to it.
'To be honest I'd have liked a smoother passage through, but I just had to wait. It probably did me a favour as it meant I didn't get there too soon.'
It capped a good 10 minutes for Hughes who also won at Ascot with Sayidah Hard Spun.
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