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Jwala will spearhead Robert Cowell's team in the Prix de l'Abbaye at Longchamp next Sunday.

The four-year-old was a shock 40-1 winner of the Nunthorpe Stakes at York last month but her impressive work on the gallops since suggests that performance was no fluke.

"Jwala is in cracking form. She is doing some snazzy pieces of work and I couldn't be happier at this stage," said Cowell.

"She seems to be at the top of her game still. Time will tell once the day of the race comes. Things can suddenly mysteriously pop up and they can run a shocker for whatever reason, but I couldn't be happier with her."

Cowell could also be represented in the five-furlong Group One by Kingsgate Native and Spirit Quartz.

"Kingsgate Native will be declared to run and provided it's not too soft he'll take his chance there," said the Newmarket handler.

"He ran a pretty decent race carrying a penalty the other day in a Group Three at Newbury, so he deserves to make the line-up.

"Spirit Quartz is in the race, but he does have an entry in the Arc sale the day before.

"If someone buys him then he could take his chance in the Abbaye anyway because he is sold with that condition if they want to run him. It's a select sale of top-class horses.

"Failing that if we retain him we'd probably run him. He's been trained for the race and he's in grand order."