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Powys County Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Desert Flower chasing more Classic glory as nine go forward for Oaks
A total of nine horses are in contention for the Betfred Oaks on Friday, with Desert Flower on track to bid for a Classic double. The Charlie Appleby-trained daughter of Night Of Thunder took her unbeaten record to five in landing the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, her first start since ending her two-year-old campaign with victory in the Fillies' Mile. In fourth at Newmarket was Saeed bin Suroor's Elwateen, running a big race on her second career start. She has been supplemented at a cost of £30,000 by her Shadwell connections, who as expected have taken out Falakeyah. Aidan O'Brien has three leading chances of making it an 11th win in the Epsom showpiece, with trial winners Giselle and Minnie Hauk having looked good at Lingfield and Chester respectively while Whirl impressed at York. The Betfred Coronation Cup on the same card features eight, headed by Francis-Henri Graffard's Calandagan, whose last three starts have been runner-up finishes in the Juddmonte International, Champion Stakes and Dubai Sheema Classic. Last year's St Leger winner Jan Brueghel is one of the possibles for O'Brien, with Marco Botti's Giavellotto another of note.
Glasgow Times
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Classic target still up for discussion with Falakeyah
The filly, owned and bred by Shadwell, is by New Bay and out of a dam called Alaflaak, herself a half-sister to the stud's brilliant broodmare Aghareed – producer of two top-class horses in both Baaeed and Hukum. Her debut came in a Wolverhampton maiden in November and resulted in a straightforward five-and-a-half-length victory, and this term she began her campaign with an even more impressive performance to land the Pretty Polly Stakes at Newmarket in good style. In third behind her was Ed Walker's Qilin Queen, who won the Childwickbury Stud Fillies' Trial Stakes at Newbury at the weekend and is Oaks-bound as a result. Falakeyah is also pencilled in for an Oaks, but whether that be the mile-and-a-half English version or the shorter trip of the French equivalent at Chantilly remains to be seen. 'Both the Oaks, French and English, are still under consideration,' said trainer Owen Burrows. 'We decided against supplementing her for the Irish Guineas, but she's come out of the race well and we're really pleased with her. 'Angus (Gold, of Shadwell) and Richard (Hills, also of Shadwell) came down last Saturday and watched her do a routine piece of work, we've all been happy with her. 'Interestingly the form was franked on Saturday by Qilin Queen as well which is always good to see. 'She's obviously a very exciting filly and we just want to make sure we get it right with her. 'Whether it's the English or French Oaks is up for discussion, one's on the sixth of June and one is the 15th, so we've a couple of weeks still to decide. 'We're still discussing whether we think a mile and a half will be too far at this stage, but we've touched on the fact there is only one chance to run in the Oaks. 'Jim (Crowley) will probably have another sit on her, I'm hoping there might be a bit of rain about so we can do a bit of work, see how she is and go from there.' Despite her participation not being certain, Falakeyah is fairly prominent in the market at this stage along with 1000 Guineas heroine Desert Flower and the Cheshire Oaks winner Minnie Hauk. The latter is trained by Aidan O'Brien, who also has Giselle, Whirl, Lake Victoria, January and Island Hopping on the possibles list. Guineas fourth Elwateen, owned by Shadwell and trained by Saeed bin Suroor, will need supplementing if she is to head to Epsom over the Coronation Stakes.
Rhyl Journal
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Rhyl Journal
Classic target still up for discussion with Falakeyah
The filly, owned and bred by Shadwell, is by New Bay and out of a dam called Alaflaak, herself a half-sister to the stud's brilliant broodmare Aghareed – producer of two top-class horses in both Baaeed and Hukum. Her debut came in a Wolverhampton maiden in November and resulted in a straightforward five-and-a-half-length victory, and this term she began her campaign with an even more impressive performance to land the Pretty Polly Stakes at Newmarket in good style. In third behind her was Ed Walker's Qilin Queen, who won the Childwickbury Stud Fillies' Trial Stakes at Newbury at the weekend and is Oaks-bound as a result. Falakeyah is also pencilled in for an Oaks, but whether that be the mile-and-a-half English version or the shorter trip of the French equivalent at Chantilly remains to be seen. 'Both the Oaks, French and English, are still under consideration,' said trainer Owen Burrows. 'We decided against supplementing her for the Irish Guineas, but she's come out of the race well and we're really pleased with her. 'Angus (Gold, of Shadwell) and Richard (Hills, also of Shadwell) came down last Saturday and watched her do a routine piece of work, we've all been happy with her. 'Interestingly the form was franked on Saturday by Qilin Queen as well which is always good to see. 'She's obviously a very exciting filly and we just want to make sure we get it right with her. 'Whether it's the English or French Oaks is up for discussion, one's on the sixth of June and one is the 15th, so we've a couple of weeks still to decide. 'We're still discussing whether we think a mile and a half will be too far at this stage, but we've touched on the fact there is only one chance to run in the Oaks. 'Jim (Crowley) will probably have another sit on her, I'm hoping there might be a bit of rain about so we can do a bit of work, see how she is and go from there.' Despite her participation not being certain, Falakeyah is fairly prominent in the market at this stage along with 1000 Guineas heroine Desert Flower and the Cheshire Oaks winner Minnie Hauk. The latter is trained by Aidan O'Brien, who also has Giselle, Whirl, Lake Victoria, January and Island Hopping on the possibles list. Guineas fourth Elwateen, owned by Shadwell and trained by Saeed bin Suroor, will need supplementing if she is to head to Epsom over the Coronation Stakes.
North Wales Chronicle
21-05-2025
- Sport
- North Wales Chronicle
Classic target still up for discussion with Falakeyah
The filly, owned and bred by Shadwell, is by New Bay and out of a dam called Alaflaak, herself a half-sister to the stud's brilliant broodmare Aghareed – producer of two top-class horses in both Baaeed and Hukum. Her debut came in a Wolverhampton maiden in November and resulted in a straightforward five-and-a-half-length victory, and this term she began her campaign with an even more impressive performance to land the Pretty Polly Stakes at Newmarket in good style. In third behind her was Ed Walker's Qilin Queen, who won the Childwickbury Stud Fillies' Trial Stakes at Newbury at the weekend and is Oaks-bound as a result. Falakeyah is also pencilled in for an Oaks, but whether that be the mile-and-a-half English version or the shorter trip of the French equivalent at Chantilly remains to be seen. 'Both the Oaks, French and English, are still under consideration,' said trainer Owen Burrows. 'We decided against supplementing her for the Irish Guineas, but she's come out of the race well and we're really pleased with her. 'Angus (Gold, of Shadwell) and Richard (Hills, also of Shadwell) came down last Saturday and watched her do a routine piece of work, we've all been happy with her. 'Interestingly the form was franked on Saturday by Qilin Queen as well which is always good to see. 'She's obviously a very exciting filly and we just want to make sure we get it right with her. 'Whether it's the English or French Oaks is up for discussion, one's on the sixth of June and one is the 15th, so we've a couple of weeks still to decide. 'We're still discussing whether we think a mile and a half will be too far at this stage, but we've touched on the fact there is only one chance to run in the Oaks. 'Jim (Crowley) will probably have another sit on her, I'm hoping there might be a bit of rain about so we can do a bit of work, see how she is and go from there.' Despite her participation not being certain, Falakeyah is fairly prominent in the market at this stage along with 1000 Guineas heroine Desert Flower and the Cheshire Oaks winner Minnie Hauk. The latter is trained by Aidan O'Brien, who also has Giselle, Whirl, Lake Victoria, January and Island Hopping on the possibles list. Guineas fourth Elwateen, owned by Shadwell and trained by Saeed bin Suroor, will need supplementing if she is to head to Epsom over the Coronation Stakes.
Leader Live
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Leader Live
Classic target still up for discussion with Falakeyah
The filly, owned and bred by Shadwell, is by New Bay and out of a dam called Alaflaak, herself a half-sister to the stud's brilliant broodmare Aghareed – producer of two top-class horses in both Baaeed and Hukum. Her debut came in a Wolverhampton maiden in November and resulted in a straightforward five-and-a-half-length victory, and this term she began her campaign with an even more impressive performance to land the Pretty Polly Stakes at Newmarket in good style. In third behind her was Ed Walker's Qilin Queen, who won the Childwickbury Stud Fillies' Trial Stakes at Newbury at the weekend and is Oaks-bound as a result. Falakeyah is also pencilled in for an Oaks, but whether that be the mile-and-a-half English version or the shorter trip of the French equivalent at Chantilly remains to be seen. 'Both the Oaks, French and English, are still under consideration,' said trainer Owen Burrows. 'We decided against supplementing her for the Irish Guineas, but she's come out of the race well and we're really pleased with her. 'Angus (Gold, of Shadwell) and Richard (Hills, also of Shadwell) came down last Saturday and watched her do a routine piece of work, we've all been happy with her. 'Interestingly the form was franked on Saturday by Qilin Queen as well which is always good to see. 'She's obviously a very exciting filly and we just want to make sure we get it right with her. 'Whether it's the English or French Oaks is up for discussion, one's on the sixth of June and one is the 15th, so we've a couple of weeks still to decide. 'We're still discussing whether we think a mile and a half will be too far at this stage, but we've touched on the fact there is only one chance to run in the Oaks. 'Jim (Crowley) will probably have another sit on her, I'm hoping there might be a bit of rain about so we can do a bit of work, see how she is and go from there.' Despite her participation not being certain, Falakeyah is fairly prominent in the market at this stage along with 1000 Guineas heroine Desert Flower and the Cheshire Oaks winner Minnie Hauk. The latter is trained by Aidan O'Brien, who also has Giselle, Whirl, Lake Victoria, January and Island Hopping on the possibles list. Guineas fourth Elwateen, owned by Shadwell and trained by Saeed bin Suroor, will need supplementing if she is to head to Epsom over the Coronation Stakes.
