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Masaya Scores for Lyrical Clive
02/10/10

1 Masaya 20/1
2 Tale Untold 9/1
3 Together 13/8F

Clive Brittain danced his customary shuffle as Masaya returned to the winner’s enclosure after seeing off 19 rivals to capture the £300,000 Tattersalls Million 2-Y-O Fillies’ Trophy.

“Cheveley Park eat your heart out; 1000 Guineas next year, the secret is here,” rapped the septuagenarian trainer in reference to yesterday’s impressive Adnams Cheveley Park Stakes heroine Hooray.

20/1 chance Masaya had finished a staying-on third to Khor Sheed in the £100,000 Tattersalls Millions Fillies’ Auction Stakes over six furlongs of the Rowley Mile last time and the Dansili filly relished the extra furlong as she made virtually all to clinch the £167,338 first prize.

Brittain’s charge reversed placings with £100,000 Tattersalls Millions Fillies’ Auction Stakes runner-up Tale Untold, who was a short-head second, while 13/8 favourite Together was a further neck away in third after drifting left across the course inside the final furlong.

Brittain continued: “We’ve had a bit of a lean time but when you put me on a diet, I come out strong. She’s a tough little filly. You see the superstars, well mine are superstars in my eyes.

“I told him (Tom Queally) to ride the race as he found it. She travelled well and they had to come by her. She was third in the race last week and I was not sure how the ground would suit her but it suited her all right. We’ll look at the 1000 Guineas - the windmills will be tilting at us - but that will be it for the year.”

The Saeed Manana-owned Masaya was a 140,000 guineas purchase from last year’s Tattersalls October Sale Book One.

Winning rider Tom Queally said: “She stuck her head out and really tried for me. It was nice when we got the verdict - personally I didn’t think that we had got there as I went by but luckily it went our way.

“I had my head down and was pushing. I actually thought Hughsie had got me and I said to him whether the one on the far side had got us both. When you are in a ding-dong battle like that, you just have to keep your head down and keep trying.

“Clive didn’t give me any instructions and she jumped out and was happy in front. At halfway I thought that we were going really well so I gave her a little bit of rein and she kept lengthening. She was really trying and that is half the battle won.

“It can be difficult to make ground up here because, when you run down into the dip - that last 100 yards, almost a furlong - it can be quite tough. It helps when you have got the animal underneath you.”

Position	Horse Trainer	Jockey Weight	Starting Price Beaten Distance
1	Masaya C E Brittain	T P Queally 9st 0lbs	20 - 1 Winner
2	Tale Untold R Hannon	R Hughes 9st 0lbs	9 - 1 Short Head
3	Together A P O'Brien	J P Murtagh 9st 0lbs	13 - 8 Neck
4	Aneedah J H M Gosden	William Buick 9st 0lbs	14 - 1 1/2 length
5	I Love Me A M Balding	J Fortune 9st 0lbs	7 - 1 Head
6	Blessed Biata W J Haggas	Liam Jones 9st 0lbs	50 - 1 3/4 length
7	Musharakaat E A L Dunlop	R Hills 9st 0lbs	16 - 1 1 length
8	Madany B W Hills	T P O'Shea 9st 0lbs	33 - 1 1/2 length
9	Mohedian Lady M L W Bell	K Fallon 9st 0lbs	10 - 1 3/4 length
10	Rumh S bin Suroor	L Dettori 9st 0lbs	11 - 1 Nose
11	Secret Love M A Magnusson	G Baker 9st 0lbs	16 - 1 Short Head
12	Queen Of Spain A P O'Brien	C O'Donoghue 9st 0lbs	50 - 1 1/2 length
13	Simayill C E Brittain	P Robinson 9st 0lbs	100 - 1 1 1/4 length
14	Kalahaag R Hannon	R Mullen 9st 0lbs	66 - 1 3/4 length
15	Illandrane E A L Dunlop	C Soumillon 9st 0lbs	40 - 1 1 1/2 length
16	Vita Lika B J Meehan	F M Berry 9st 0lbs	100 - 1 1/2 length
17	Hayaku R M Beckett	Jim Crowley 9st 0lbs	100 - 1 8 lengths
18	Lucky Legs B W Hills	M Hills 9st 0lbs	66 - 1 3 1/4 lengths
19	Daffydowndilly H Morrison	S Drowne 9st 0lbs	50 - 1 1 1/2 length
20	Apace Sir Michael Stoute	R L Moore 9st 0lbs	33 - 1 2 1/2 lengths
NonRunner	Date With Destiny R Hannon	Non Runner 9st 0lbs	-

BREEDERS’ CUPJUVENILE FILLIES A POSSIBILITY FOR TALE UNTOLD

Trainer Richard Hannon reported that the filly Tale Untold, who finished second in the Tattersalls Millions 2YO Fillies’ Trophy, might now be in line for a trip to America.

“She is a nice filly, I am delighted with her performance. We might be heading to the Breeders’ Cup for the Juveniles Fillies race now,” he said.

Bloodstock agent Gordian Troeller, who was with Hannon and representing Tale Untold’s owner Mr Marc Keller, continued: “She is eligible for the Breeders’ Cup,” he said. “Mr Keller is an American and would love to have her run at the meeting.

“We will see how she comes out of this, but taking her to America is a definite possibility.”

Troeller bought Tale Untold for Keller from previous owners Trevor Stewart and Anna Doyle. The filly had cost Peter Doyle Bloodstock 26,000gns at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sales, Book 1.

John Gosden, trainer of the fourth-placed filly Aneedah said: “She ran great. I will probably put her away now.”