Qipco 1000 Guineas
Group 1, Newmarket 15:35
£500,000 guaranteed,
3yo only,
1m, Class 1  
Sunday 1st May 2022

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1 Cachet 16/1
2 Prosperous Voyage 33/1
3 Tuesday 4/1
13 ran NR: Mise En Scene
Distances: nk, 1¾l, ½l Time: 1m 36.55s (slow by 0.55s)

Remarkably, it was a second Classic of the weekend for rider James Doyle – just 24 hours on from his maiden one aboard Coroebus in the 2000 Guineas.

Winner of the Nell Gwyn at the Craven meeting, the Highclere-owned Cachet, a daughter of Aclaim, was sent off a 16-1 but led from the stalls opening and was never passed, despite the strong late challenge provided by the Ralph Beckett-trained Prosperous Voyage.

Try as she might, the latter could not get there, as Cachet answered every call to prevail by a neck, with Tuesday another length and three-quarters back in third for Aidan O’Brien and Frankie Dettori.

A jubilant Boughey, 30, said: “It was a long final furlong, but it was a peach of a ride from James. She eyed up every blade of grass, she loves it here.

“They were closing late, but there were some very good fillies in behind her. Ralph Beckett’s filly stood out for me and she’s obviously very good, but I’m delighted she held on.

“I couldn’t have imagined I’d be winning a Classic so soon in my career. To get a filly like her is a privilege.

“It’s great to have Highclere on board, they have six with me now and it’s massive to pay them back, it’s very special.

“It was just a question of whether she stayed or not. I hoped she’d stay and she’s very tough. There’s not much of her, but she’s very tough and she’s very straightforward. She’s been a model of consistency all the way through and has gone from strength to strength.”

Looking to what is next for his stable star, Boughey said: “I think she’ll probably go to (Royal) Ascot (Coronation Stakes).

Trainers Quotes

“There’s the Irish Guineas and the French, but I think she’ll just go straight to Ascot.

“I’d love to end up at the Breeders’ Cup again. It’s a long year and she’s already won the Nell Gwyn and the Guineas – the Breeders’ Cup isn’t until November so we’ll have to think about how she gets there.

“She’s a Group One winner over a mile now so she can go anywhere in the world. The fact that she likes fast ground makes her a global filly and that is huge for us and very exciting.

“It sounds bizarre coming out of my mouth to be talking about these races and it is amazing to find one quite so early (in career).

“I dreamed of having a winner at Bath two years ago, never mind winning the Guineas! It’s all come very quick, I’ve built up an amazing team around me, too many to name, but the operation is growing all the time and that makes my job easier. I sleep a lot better now.

“She’s always been very impressive at home and the sky is the limit now. It looked an open race, there were Group One winners in there but she did it well.

“The key was to just let her use her stride, but it became a test of stamina. Some very good fillies were paddling three out. It didn’t surprise me as she’d been training brilliantly and it reminded me of Galileo Gold (2000 Guineas winner when Boughey was assistant to Hugo Palmer), I said to James to just go forward and get in a rhythm and let her enjoy it.”

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Highclere’s Harry Herbert said: “We’d won a Irish Classic with Petrushka and obviously the Royal Ascot Racing Club won the Derby with Motivator but to win the 1000 Guineas in the blue silks is very special. She did it the hard way, she’s so tough and honest.

“Jake Warren bought her for 60,000 a year ago at the breeze-ups and she’s won a Classic a year later, it’s amazing.

“This is a lovely group of owners and I have a fantastic team who work for me, they work so hard, so to win a Classic for a group of 20 owners is a dream come true. This shows that it can be done by syndicates.

“This is a lifetime’s ambition for me. We’ve had other Group One winners, but to win a Classic at HQ in the blue silks is incredible.

“George is such an impressive young man, he stood out at Hugo Palmer’s but we couldn’t really send him horses in his first year as it would have been hard to persuade the owners. We sent them in his second year though and he had 87 winners!

“He’s a terrific talent and a very special person, too.”

Doyle said: ““I promised I wouldn’t get emotional today but that was incredible, wasn’t it?

“I know this filly from last year, I got to sit on her a couple of times. She was placed in the Fillies’ Mile and George just felt she’d see the mile out a bit stronger as she’s developed physically over the winter.

“That last half a furlong took forever and I was praying for the line, but she’s all guts, she loves this track.

“All credit to George Boughey and his team and it’s great for Highclere to have another high-class filly.”

Qipco 1000 Guineas Stakes
(British Champions Series) (Group 1)
£500,000 guaranteed, 3yo only, 1m, Class 1
13 ran
Going: Good to Firm, Good in places

POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (2)     Cachet 3 9-0 George Boughey James Doyle 16/1
2 (9) nk Prosperous Voyage 3 9-0 Ralph Beckett Rob Hornby 33/1
3 (4) 1¾ Tuesday 3 9-0 A P O'Brien Frankie Dettori 4/1
4 (10) ½ Zellie 3 9-0 A Fabre Tom Marquand 12/1
5 (13) hd Sandrine 3 9-0 Andrew Balding David Probert 25/1
6 (12) ½ Ameynah 3 9-0 Roger Varian David Egan 18/1
7 (6) 1¾ Discoveries 3 9-0 Mrs John Harrington Shane Foley 10/1
8 (5) 1¼ Tenebrism 3 9-0 A P O'Brien Ryan Moore 11/4F
9 (14) 3¼ Wild Beauty 3 9-0 Charlie Appleby William Buick 8/1
10 (7) 1 Malavath 3 9-0 F-H Graffard Christophe Soumillon 6/1
11 (8) nse Hello You 3 9-0 David Loughnane Rossa Ryan 40/1
12 (2) ¾ Juncture 3 9-0 G M Lyons Colin Keane 14/1
13 (1) 8½ Flash Betty 3 9-0 Mick Channon Silvestre De Sousa 200/1
NR 8 (11) Mise En Scene 3 9-0 James Ferguson NON RUNNER