Inspiral Bids to Extend Perfect Record in Fillies' Mile

Inspiral  will bid to extend her unbeaten record and prove her Classic credentials when stepping up to the highest level in the Oct. 8 bet365 Fillies' Mile (G1) at Newmarket.

The 2-year-old daughter of Frankel , who is the general 7-1 market leader for the Qipco One Thousand Guineas (G1) next May, has won all three of her races, including when justifying odds-on favoritism in the Cazoo May Hill Stakes (G2) at Doncaster last month.  

This race has provided two Classic winners in the last 10 years, with Minding landing the One Thousand Guineas on her next start in 2016 and 2017 winner Laurens striking in the 2018 Prix de Diane Longines (French Oaks, G1).

"This is the natural race to go for after the May Hill, where she picked up well in a small field," said joint-trainer Thady Gosden, whose yard won this contest with Crystal View (2000), Playful Act (2004), Nannina (2005), and Rainbow View (2008). 

"It's a different track, but Frankie (Dettori) knows her well and we'll leave the tactics to him. She wears a hood at home and going to post, as many of these Frankels do, and it seems to work well."

Bouquet  does not have the same lofty reputation as her Cheveley Park-owned stablemate, but her connections are keen to test her in deeper waters after her breakthrough success at Ascot last time.

"She won at the second time of asking and has been going well," said Gosden. "It will be a tough ask but she deserves to take her chance."

Dettori will be bidding for a record-extending seventh victory in the group 1, a race he first landed 31 years ago on Shamshir, trained by Luca Cumani, his first boss in Britain. 

"I won my first group 1 with Markofdistinction in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and just over half an hour later I won the Fillies' Mile aboard Shamshir," he said. "I flew to Canada that night and drove the poor guy sitting next to me mad telling him how good I was!"

Dettori was particularly taken with Inspiral's penultimate victory in the listed British Stallion Studs E.B.F. Star Stakes at Sandown, where she beat the reopposing Wild Beauty , the winner of a Canadian grade 1 under the rider last time.

"I was really taken by her win at Sandown," added Dettori. "She won well and I later rode Wild Beauty to win her next start in a grade 1 at Woodbine, so that is good form. 

"Inspiral has a great physique and lots of scope and is not the finished article by any means. She is kind and talented and we expect her to progress over the winter. It's all positive stuff."

Prestige Form Boosted in Rockfel

Mise En Scene  is the other unbeaten contender in the Fillies Mile line-up, having followed up her debut victory at Haydock by winning the Tote Prestige Stakes (G3) at Goodwood last time out. 

The Qatar Racing-owned daughter of Siyouni  has twice won over seven furlongs, but trainer James Ferguson believes she will be suited by the extra furlong. 

"She came out of her race at Goodwood well and this has been the plan since," said Ferguson. "It was only her second start and she was still a little bit inexperienced. Hello You , who won the (Unibet) Rockfel (G2) on her next start, finished fourth.

"Mise En Scene was only getting going when she caught the leader in the Prestige and the winning margin might have been greater with an extra furlong."