Runner-up in the GI Frizette S. at Belmont in October and third in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Keeneland the following month, Nemoralia returned in rude health with an emphatic success here to pave the way for a return to the top level. Held up early by York's current darling Frankie Dettori, the dark bay who was last seen in England defying topweight a 6 1/2-furlong Doncaster nursery in September moved effortlessly to take command passing the quarter pole before leaving the well-regarded Aljuljalah and last year's G2 Rockfel S. runner-up Thetis well behind. Connections are eyeing a tilt at the G1 Coronation S. at Royal Ascot June 17. “She's a nice filly and she loved this top-of-the-ground. She won like a good filly today,” Dettori said, while trainer Jeremy Noseda commented, “She's been working well and nothing really went right for her in America. I felt she could have won the Breeders' Cup, but she had a setback two weeks before it and they had a lot of rain. She's shown what I thought she was capable of. I came here expecting to win, but obviously you hope they do it in that sort of manner. I didn't get drawn to training her for a Guineas–I didn't want any part of Minding–and since the Breeders' Cup the plan has been to come here and then Royal Ascot. I've been thrilled with her at home and I'd hope she'll improve.” Nemoralia's talented dam, who was second in the GII Fantasy S., also has a 2-year-old full-brother to the winner and a 2016 colt by Bodemeister. Click for the . Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
LONGINES IRISH CHAMPIONS WEEKEND FILLIES' S. (MICHAEL SEELY MEMORIAL S.)-Listed, £45,000, YOR, 5-13, 3yo, f, 8fT, 1:37.71, g/f.
1–#NEMORALIA, 126, f, 3, by More Than Ready
1st Dam: Alina (MSW & MGSP-US, $234,650), by Came Home
2nd Dam: Lady Heroine, by Sea Hero
3rd Dam: Lady Caveat, by Caveat
($140,000 Wlg '13 KEENOV; $120,000 RNA Ylg '14 KEESEP; $170,000 2yo '15 OBSMAR). O-Terry Allan, James Lovat & Charles Pigram; B-Alberta Davies (KY); T-Jeremy Noseda; J-Lanfranco Dettori. £25,520. Lifetime Record: MGISP-US, 7-3-2-1, $265,248.[bullet ad=”eaton-sold”][bullet ad=”woodstock-thrived”][bullet ad=”warrendale-sales-graduate-shell”]2–Aljuljalah, 126, f, 3, Exchange Rate–Ruler's Charm, by Cape Town. ($45,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP; 350,000gns 2yo '15 TATBRE). O-Salem Rashid. £9,675.[bullet ad=”brookdale-another-successful-sales-graduate”]3–Thetis (Ire), 126, f, 3, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Serres (Ire), by Daylami (Ire). O-Ballymacoll Stud. £4,842.
Margins: 6, 1, 5. Odds: 1.20, 9.00, 3.50.
Also Ran: Czabo (GB), Rebel Surge (Ire), Peru (GB), Our Joy (Ire). Scratched: Chiringuita, Veena (Fr).
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