By Sean Cronin
Anthony Oppenheimer's Queen Of Thieves (GB) (Frankel {GB}), a homebred full-sister to dual G1 Champion Stakes hero Cracksman (GB), was fresh off a recent third on seasonal return at Newbury and shed maiden status in style with an 11-length tally in Tuesday's Weekend Winners On Sky Sports Racing Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Great Yarmouth.
Breaking swiftly and holding sway throughout, the 5-6 favourite was untroubled on the front end and powered ever clear under whipless cajoling inside the final quarter-mile, hitting the line with a wide-margin buffer back to the overmatched Miss Wong (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}).
“We found the right race, didn't we?” joked John Gosden. “She's progressed a lot from Newbury and is still learning about the game. I don't see the point in handicapping fillies like this, so we might be bold and have a crack at something like the [Listed] Cheshire Oaks and hope that we might run into a place, because she stays well. I've had luck getting fillies, who stay well, placed in that race.”
Queen Of Thieves is the 10th of 11 foals and sixth scorer out of Listed Prix Solitude victrix Rhadegunda (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), herself a half-sister to the dual stakes-placed Halla San (GB) (Halling). Her third dam is G1 1000 Guineas and G1 Sussex Stakes heroine On The House (Fr) (Be My Guest). The March-foaled homebred chestnut is a full-sister to multiple Group 1-winning sire Cracksman (GB) and a half to G3 Solario Stakes-winning sire Fantastic Moon (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) and the unraced 2-year-old colt Royal Warrior (GB) (Palace Pier {GB}).
That's more like it!🤩
Cracksman's full-sister Queen Of Thieves gets off the mark with a scintillating performance at @GTYarmouthRaces! pic.twitter.com/mbZ2Rx2cQM
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