Duchess (More Than Ready x Tenant’s Tiara), pictured as a yearling
More Than Ready filly Duchess has proved to be a revelation this preparation for the JHB Filly Partnership. She recorded consecutive dominant front-running wins on heavy ground at Gosford and showed that drier tracks also hold no terrors for her when a brilliant on-speed winner over 1100m at Kensington today.
Eager to do even more sitting just outside the leader at a fast pace, ride James McDonald allowed Duchess to stride forward and lead comfortably on the turn before keeping up the gallop in great style in the straight to hold her rivals at bay.
Duchess is now the winner of four of her 12 starts, and this was her first important metropolitan victory. She is out of the very fast stakes winner Tenant’s Tiara, making her a half-sister to 2YO stakes winner Zoutenant. Duchess was secured by James Harron Bloodstock for our Filly Partnership alongside the Freedman Brothers at the 2019 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale for $210,000 from the draft of Newgate Farm.
Congratulations to owners Rob Love, Mark Wizel and his More Than A Sprint partnership, Wilf & Rosemary Mula, Mike Symons, Kevin & Lesley Maloney, Alan Harvey, Newgate Farm, SF Bloodstock and Matthew Sandblom.