Danielle dazzles for the Gosdens at Doncaster

Danielle looked the class act on paper ahead of the Virgin Bet A Good Bet Irish EBF Gillies Fillies’ Stakes and she had her rivals strung out across Doncaster’s Town Moor in winning by nine lengths.

John and Thady Gosden’s four-year-old had finished second in the Listed race to the classy Estrange in the race 12 months ago and was fortunate enough there was nothing as good as David O’Meara’s grey lurking in this year’s contest.

While she had gone winless this season in three runs, she had run with credit in the Park Hill Stakes when fourth to Santorini Star and Consent and then finished fifth to Kalpana at Ascot on Champions Day.

She relished the heavy ground and when James Doyle brought her into contention on the outside of the pack with three furlongs to run, the result looked inevitable.

Showing a smart turn of foot in the conditions, the race was over well over a furlong out with Saeed bin Suroor’s Elwateen getting going late to claim second ahead of Bosphorus Rose.

“She’s run with credit all season, starting at Goodwood,” said Doyle of the 10-11 winner.

“She relishes these conditions, it was deep, testing ground but she loved it.

“She ran well in the Park Hill here and that turned out to be a very good race with Consent and William Haggas’ filly (Santorini Star).

“She looked the one to beat today, especially with the ground like that, and while you might not expect to win a Listed race by nine lengths, it was a drop in class for her when you think the Park Hill was like a Group One and she ran well in a Group One last time out.”