Race 6 - Owen Brown Maiden Fillies Stakes - Sunday 30th July

Pearls Firl Improves To Land The Last

Pearls Girl came good at the fifth time of asking in the Owen Brown Maiden Fillies Stakes with Paul Hanagan in the saddle, who was registering his first ever winner at Ascot. The winner, returned at 9/2, is trained in Newmarket by William Haggas and stayed on well from off the pace in the final furlong to deny Jewaar by a neck.

Maureen Haggas thought at the start of the year that she was one of thier three best three-year-olds along with Idarah and Sharplaw Autumn - they have certainly taken their time and Mont Etoile (who won the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot) has come through and eclipsed all of them! This filly is still learning and is at last starting to get things together. She has not been entirely straightforward and has not always been on her best behaviour, but now seems to be enjoying her racing and is much more professional.Her concentration has certainly improved and she has grown up.

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