But more of that anon. Friday's G1 was the Fillies' Mile for the 2yos and Ylang Ylang finally justified our faith in her with a nice win over Shuwari. See The Fire was third on 4/1 and Classical Song was fourth which didn't help our trifecta chances.
Saturday started off with a win for Ancient Wisdom in the Autumn Stakes over Chief Little Rock 7/2 and Ambiente Friendly. Orne was 4th hoe and Arabic Legend 6th.
The Dewhurst saw City of Troy emerge as a potential star for next year's Guineas and who knows what else if he has a good winter break. Alyanaabi was 3 ½ lengths back second and Eben Shaddad 25/1 third. The soft ground didn't seem to be a problem for the winner although our pick Iberian didn't like it.
And the Cesarewitch – the jumps horses revelled in the going and the win went to The Shunter 14/1 from Pied Piper 9/2, followed by Tashkan 25/1 and Bashful Boy 100/1.
The Zetland G3 went to another Godolphin – Arabian Crown who handled the step up in trip without any problem and second went to Gaspar de Lemos but there were only 4 runners in the end so not much to write about in the little black book.
The Darley G3 over 1800m was another Appleby-Buick success with Highland Avenue 5/1 finishing first ahead of Silver Sword 22/1 and Raadobarg 7/1.