Wednesday, York, Britain
TATTERSALLS MUSIDORA S.-G3, £65,000, York, 5-16, 3yo, f, 10f 88ydsT, 2:11.36, gd.
1--#@THE FUGUE (GB), 124, f, 3, by Dansili (GB)
1st Dam: Twyla Tharp (Ire) (GSP-GB), by Sadler's Wells
2nd Dam: Sumoto (GB), by Mtoto (GB)
3rd Dam: Soemba (GB), by General Assembly
O-Lord Lloyd-Webber; B-Watership Down Stud; T-John Gosden; J-William Buick; £36,862. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, £61,441. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ 'Triple Plus' Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Twirl (Ire), 124, f, 3, Galileo (Ire)--Butterfly Cove, by Storm Cat. O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-March Thoroughbreds; T-Aidan O'Brien; £13,975.
3--Esentepe (Ire), 124, f, 3, Oratorio (Ire)--Mythie (Fr), by Octagonal (NZ). (22,000gns yrl '10 TATOCT). O-Middleham Park Racing XXXVIII; B-Peter Kelly & Wendy Daly; T-Richard Hannon; £6,994.
Margins: 4HF, 3 3/4, HD. Odds: 15-8, 5-6, 20-1.
Also Ran: Salford Art (Ire), Aniseed (Ire), Good Morning Star (Ire).
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   The Fugue was the subject of positive spring reports, having created a favorable impression when winning her sole juvenile outing over seven furlongs at Newmarket in late October. Picked by William Buick over the fellow Gosden representative Starscope (GB) (Selkirk) in the May 6 G1 1000 Guineas, she was 1 3/4 lengths behind that runner-up and Maybe (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in fourth as the trio chased Homecoming Queen (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) in vain. Reportedly struck into early on at Newmarket, The Fugue's late effort smacked of Oaks potential, and it was a surprise that she was usurped for favoritism by Ballydoyle's strongly backed Twirl here. Always traveling strongly as Aniseed (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}) was moved up to set genuine fractions, the bay cruised upsides Twirl as Joseph O'Brien took control on the market-leader approaching the quarter pole. William Buick was holding on to a double handful as the pair matched strides and, as soon as The Fugue was let down a furlong later, the result was settled in an instant. "They were a nice bunch of fillies and she was far superior," Buick said. "She ran in the Guineas only a short time ago and was unlucky--there was a barging match there and she got struck into--so I didn't want her to have a hard race today. She is a very reactive filly and was keen early on, but she is class. The Guineas wasn't a very nice experience for her and she was sharper here, and will learn as she goes on. She has tactical speed and I'm very hopeful of her staying a mile and a half, so she feels like a filly who has all the attributes you need at Epsom." Lady Lloyd-Webber added, "We were thrilled with that and we bred her mother, so she's second-generation and it was fantastic. It's so unlike John [Gosden] to race a filly that quickly after the 1000 Guineas and now they are talking about the Oaks, so fingers crossed. She is bred to do that, but the ground would have to stay good for her to. She hardly touches the ground and floats across it. She didn't like the ground at the Guineas, and did well to be fourth." The Fugue's dam has a 2-year-old Dansili colt named Ducab (Ire), a yearling Danehill Dancer (Ire) colt, and foaled a Shamardal colt Apr. 13.