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2025-06-20 Ascot 16:20
Ascot

Coronation Stakes (Group 1) (Fillies)

Going: Good To Firm

Distance: 7f213y

Prize: £411,573

Runners: 11

Surface: Turf

Age: 3yo

Class: Class 1

Type: Flat

NO.

HORSE

FORM

AGE

ODDS

4 (8)

Duty First p1 (GB) F

J:Hollie Doyle T:Archie Watson

Form: 23-194

Age: 3

WT: 9st 2lbs

OR: 109

Additional info

Owner: Victorious Racing

Breeder: Plantation Stud

Last run: 26 days

Pedigree

Sire: Showcasing (GB)

Dam: Dream Dana (IRE)

Damsire: Dream Ahead (USA)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 39 Wins: 6 Percent: 15

Comment: Impressive in the Fred Darling but her subsequent efforts, upped to 1m, in the 1,000 Guineas (comfortably held) and Irish equivalent (finished fourth) suggest she ideally needs a return to 7f; now goes in cheekpieces; not certain to get home.

8 (10)

January (IRE) F

J:Ryan Moore T:A P O'Brien

Form: 3122-8

Age: 3

WT: 9st 2lbs

OR: 105

Additional info

Owner: Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor

Breeder: Coolmore

Last run: 26 days

Pedigree

Sire: Kingman (GB)

Dam: I Can Fly (GB)

Damsire: Fastnet Rock (AUS)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 37 Wins: 8 Percent: 22

Comment: Finished behind some of these rivals in the Irish 1,000 Guineas but probably needed that reappearance run; thoroughly consistent 2yo campaign (213122) culminated in good efforts behind Desert Flower, the subsequent 1,000 Guineas winner; bounce-back looks plausible.

10 (7)

Simmering p1 (GB) F C

J:Dylan Browne McMonagle T:Ollie Sangster

Form: 24-730

Age: 3

WT: 9st 2lbs

OR: 109

Additional info

Owner: Al Shaqab Racing

Breeder: Lofts Hall Stud

Last run: 26 days

Pedigree

Sire: Too Darn Hot (GB)

Dam: Cashla Bay (GB)

Damsire: Fastnet Rock (AUS)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 25 Wins: 2 Percent: 8

Comment: Good second in the Albany on this card last year, then landed two Group prizes; creditable third, one place behind stablemate Flight, in the 1,000 Guineas but was soundly beaten in the Irish version; chance partly depends on how well she responds to first-time headgear.

1 (6)

Cathedral (GB) F BF

J:David Egan T:Ralph Beckett

Form: 12-4

Age: 3

WT: 9st 2lbs

OR: 106

Additional info

Owner: Amo Racing Limited

Breeder: Exors Of The Late Sir Robert Ogden

Last run: 41 days

Pedigree

Sire: Too Darn Hot (GB)

Dam: War And Peace (GB)

Damsire: Frankel (GB)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 44 Wins: 5 Percent: 11

Comment: Didn't quite live up to expectations in 7f Group 3 at Lingfield on reappearance; showed abundant promise in two runs last year and may still do better but this looks a difficult task; yard also runs Chantilly Lace, who already has Group 1 form.

5 (4)

Exactly (IRE) F

J:Wayne Lordan T:A P O'Brien

Form: 331-24

Age: 3

WT: 9st 2lbs

OR: 111

Additional info

Owner: Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor

Breeder: Coolmore

Last run: 40 days

Pedigree

Sire: Frankel (GB)

Dam: Heartache (GB)

Damsire: Kyllachy (GB)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 37 Wins: 8 Percent: 22

Comment: Tough and consistent sort whose record reads 912233124, most recently running well in the French 1,000 Guineas on good ground (hampered close home; bare form can be marked up); ties in closely with Zarigana on that effort and Boussac running; this Ballydoyle filly holds solid claims and again should be thereabouts.

7 (11)

Flight (GB) F

J:Oisin Murphy T:Ollie Sangster

Form: 133-26

Age: 3

WT: 9st 2lbs

OR: 111

Additional info

Owner: Cornthrop Bloodstock Limited

Breeder: Cornthrop Bloodstock Ltd

Last run: 26 days

Pedigree

Sire: Siyouni (FR)

Dam: Run Wild (GER)

Damsire: Amaron (GB)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 25 Wins: 2 Percent: 8

Comment: Good second in the 1,000 Guineas (good to firm) on seasonal debut, despite racing in the smaller group away from the main action for most of the way; failed to back up that effort in the Irish equivalent (finished sixth) but may rebound, having been very consistent (221332) otherwise.

11 (9)

Zarigana (GB) F D

J:Mickael Barzalona T:F-H Graffard

Form: 112-11

Age: 3

WT: 9st 2lbs

OR: 112

Additional info

Owner: Exors Of The Late H H Aga Khan

Breeder: H H Aga Khan

Last run: 40 days

Pedigree

Sire: Siyouni (FR)

Dam: Zarkamiya (FR)

Damsire: Frankel (GB)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 26 Wins: 7 Percent: 27

Comment: Granddaughter of brilliant Zarkava; progressive filly whose form figures read 11211, most recently awarded the French 1,000 Guineas (good) after a stewards' inquiry (she suffered interference in the straight); went very close in last year's Boussac in her only other Group 1 attempt; trainer landed this prize in 2019; possibly hasn't reached her ceiling yet; leading contender.

2 (1)

Cercene (IRE) F

J:Gary Carroll T:Joseph G Murphy

Form: 17-323

Age: 3

WT: 9st 2lbs

OR: 107

Additional info

Owner: Shane R Stafford

Breeder: China Horse Club International Ltd

Last run: 26 days

Pedigree

Sire: Australia (GB)

Dam: Tschierschen (IRE)

Damsire: Acclamation (GB)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 6 Wins: 1 Percent: 17

Comment: Has proved largely consistent and ran well in the Irish 1,000 Guineas (first Group 1 attempt) most recently, taking form figures this season to 323; half-sister to a Royal Ascot (Britannia) winner; again likely to give her running but needs improvement to come out on top.

3 (5)

Chantilly Lace (IRE) F

J:Rossa Ryan T:Ralph Beckett

Form: 1-5

Age: 3

WT: 9st 2lbs

OR: 108

Additional info

Owner: Mrs Doreen Tabor

Breeder: Camas Park, Lynch Bages & Summerhill

Last run: 47 days

Pedigree

Sire: Lope De Vega (IRE)

Dam: Seeking Solace (GB)

Damsire: Exceed And Excel (AUS)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 44 Wins: 5 Percent: 11

Comment: Comfortably justified favouritism in 2yo novice event at Salisbury (7f, heavy) that her trainer won in 2022 with a filly who subsequently finished second twice at Group 1 level, including in this race; ran well in the 1,000 Guineas (good to firm) on reappearance, finishing fifth (beaten just over 2l); possibilities with further improvement on the cards.

6 (2)

Falakeyah (GB) F

J:Jim Crowley T:Owen Burrows

Form: 1-1

Age: 3

WT: 9st 2lbs

OR: 105

Additional info

Owner: Shadwell Estate Company Ltd

Breeder: Shadwell Estate Company Limited

Last run: 47 days

Pedigree

Sire: New Bay (GB)

Dam: Alaflaak (USA)

Damsire: War Front (USA)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 11 Wins: 2 Percent: 18

Comment: Supplemented for this race at a cost of £46,000; impressive in sole 2yo start (8.5f, AW) then followed up in Listed grade at Newmarket (1m2f, good to firm) where she raced exuberantly in front but wasn't for catching; missed the Oaks due to doubts over the trip/track and the French Oaks due to scoping dirty shortly beforehand; looks likely to cope well with this drop back in distance and is an exciting contender, being a very promising filly who could easily prove Group 1 class.

9 (3)

Kon Tiki (GB) F D

J:William Buick T:Jane Chapple-Hyam

Form: 1-11

Age: 3

WT: 9st 2lbs

OR: 100

Additional info

Owner: P W Harris

Breeder: Brightwalton Bloodstock Ltd

Last run: 35 days

Pedigree

Sire: Night Of Thunder (IRE)

Dam: Maid Up (GB)

Damsire: Mastercraftsman (IRE)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 17 Wins: 1 Percent: 6

Comment: Supplemented for this contest at a cost of £46,000; improving filly who is 3-3, most recently driven out for half-length success in Listed grade at York (1m, good to firm) on turf debut; now partnered for the first time by William Buick, who rode a Group 1 winner for these connections last season; very interesting upped further in class, with her bubble yet to be burst and limitations not yet exposed.