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Quadrilateral team bullish over chances !Andrew Nelis racing

Connections of Quadrilateral are hopeful she will improve for her run in the Guineas when she aims to return to winning ways in the Coronation Stakes. Last season's Fillies' Mile winner was strongly fancied for the Qipco-sponsored Classic at Newmarket - but having run free to post and in the early stages of the race, the Roger Charlton-trained daughter of Frankel could finish only third. Harry Charlton, assistant to his father, said: "The team thought it was wrong to step straight up into the Oaks, having by chance run a bit keen in the Guineas after pinging the stalls. To go from a mile to a mile and a half seemed a bit unnatural. She showed some good speed that day...              Andrew Nelis Racing 

Coronation cup Newmarket friday 2020

Ghaiyyath tops a select field of seven for Friday's Hurworth Bloodstock Coronation Cup at Newmarket - the first British Group One in 2020. The 12-furlong contest has been switched from its usual home at Epsom due to the impact of the coronavirus shutdown on the regular calendar, but it has still drawn a top-class line-up. Ghaiyyath, who is trained by Charlie Appleby, was a 14-length winner of a German Group One last year and after disappointing in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, he bounced back with a bloodless win at Meydan in February h