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Dominic Ffrench Davis is favouring a tilt at the Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes for his talented filly Persian Dreamer.
The daughter of Calyx features among 39 entries that have been received for the six-furlong contest, which is one of two Group 1 races that will be staged on the Rowley Mile alongside the Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes, on Saturday 30th September.
Persian Dreamer made a winning debut at the Craven Meeting on the Rowley Mile before suffering defeats in a Listed contest at York and the Group 3 Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot.
However, she bounced back to form last time out when giving the Lambourn handler the biggest success of his career in the Group 2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes on Newmarket's July Course.
Although Persian Dreamer holds a Group 1 entry over seven furlongs in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh on September 10th, Dominic Ffrench Davis suggests he is keen to keep her over the same six-furlong trip for her first attempt in top-level company.
Ffrench Davis said: "It was an absolutely fabulous day winning the Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes with her and it is what dreams are made of.
"She is a smashing filly and she showed us on that ground what she can do. Hopefully, we will get similar ground back at Newmarket for the Cheveley Park.
"It is down to the team what they do. She has an entry in the Moyglare, but I think she will probably only have one go at a Group 1 this year. It is up to them whether that is the Moyglare, Cheveley Park or Fillies' Mile.
"My inclination is to go for the Cheveley Park. She has been to Newmarket twice and she has come away with a win both times.
"Keeping her to six furlongs as well this season would probably be the way to go forward."
He added: "Everything has been good since Newmarket. She has had a bit of a break and we let her down a little bit. We have just been ticking her over and she is in fine health. She is in great nick.
"She had been busy enough during the early part of the season and she had a couple of runs on ground that was quicker than she would have liked so we thought we would give her some time off.
"That has allowed nature to let her mature and help her get over the exertions of her previous runs."
