Middleham trainer Mark Johnston has admitted that his two representatives, Threading and Nyaleti, may be up against it when they take on the brilliant Group 1 Coronation Stakes winner, Alpha Centauri, in the Group 1 Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket’s Adnams July Course on Friday (13th July).

Threading and Nyaleti, two fillies trained at Middleham in North Yorkshire by Mark Johnston, will put their QIPCO 1000 Guineas hopes on the line when they take part in the Group 3 £60,000 Lanwades Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Racecourse on Wednesday (18th April).

Trainer Clive Cox is hoping that his dual Group 2-winner, Heartache, can make a successful step up to Group 1 company when she contests the Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Racecourse on Saturday (30th September).

Threading is likely to bid for Group One honours in the Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket on September 30 following her victory in the Lowther Stakes at York on Thursday.