Consent (Ire)

Relishing the testing ground at ParisLongchamp on Saturday, Denford Stud's three-year-old Consent (Lope De Vega) dominated the G1 Qatar Prix de Royallieu to announce her arrival. Patiently campaigned by Sir Mark Prescott, the 12-1 shot who had been second to Santorini Star (Golden Horn) in Doncaster's Park Hill last month kept that compatriot company on the lead before brushing her aside approaching the final quarter mile. "She's improved all year and that was an easy a watch as it gets," assistant trainer William Butler said of the Luke Morris-ridden 4...

Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy's purple patch continued at Doncaster on Thursday as Santorini Star (Golden Horn) proved strongest in the G2 Park Hill Stakes over the St Leger trip. In front from the outset under Tom Marquand, the 7-2 second favourite who had captured a handicap at York's recent Ebor Festival outstayed the year-younger Consent (Lope De Vega) in the closing stages to prevail by a neck. "She won over two miles at York and the fact that she stays so well is what has won her the race,"...