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Ollie Sangster’s Rockfel Stakes runner-up Shuwari will face seven rivals in her bid to go one better in the Group 1 bet365 Fillies’ Mile at Newmarket on Friday.
The daughter of New Bay created quite an impression on debut at Newbury back in June and took her form to a new level when beating subsequent Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes heroine Fallen Angel in the Listed Star Stakes at Sandown a month later.
That victory saw the Ollie Sangster-trained juvenile sent off a warm market leader for the Rockfel Stakes on the Rowley Mile a fortnight ago and whilst she struggled to peg back the more prominently situated Carla's Way, she stayed on well from what appeared an uncompromising position to finish a clear runner-up.
Aidan O'Brien's Ylang Ylang finished back in third that day and will be looking to reverse the form, whilst she'll be joined by stablemate Brilliant.
Noel Meade's Caught U Looking steps up to Group 1 level following victory in the Group 3 Weld Park Stakes at the Curragh last month.
Ralph Beckett will saddle both impressive Sandown maiden winner Classical Song and Ascot victor Seaward, with See The Fire, who finished second behind Darnation May Hill Stakes at Doncaster, completes the line-up alongside Frankie Dettori's mount Ambiente Amigo.
Impressive Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac winner Opera Singer was the sole horse not to be declared.
Elsewhere on the card, Juddmonte's recently purchased Skellet will take the step up to Group 3 company in the Godolphin Lifetime Care Oh So Sharp Stakes. Ralph Beckett's filly will face Charlie Appleby's debut winner Dance Sequence and Chic Colombine, who arrives following a fourth-straight victory in a valuable conditions race at Goodwood.
Inquisitively, Balding's Flora Of Bermuda, Midnight Affair and Asean feature amongst the fifteen declarations for the opening Group 3 Newmarket Academy Godolphin Beacon Project Cornwallis Stakes at 1.50.
Only six go to post for the Group 2 Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards Challenge Stakes, with impressive Doncaster scorer Matilda Picotte taking on the likes of Chindit, Shouldvebeenaring, Audience and Pogo. Joe Murphy's Lord Massusus completes the sextet.