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RACING: Haggas inmate looked a class act on last outing

DOMINO DARLING is finally set to reappear in the Final Furlong Podcast Fillies’ Novice Stakes at Windsor and could prove a class apart.

Trained by William Haggas for Anthony Oppenheimer, who has been blessed with a whole host of classy fillies recently like Star Catcher, Dame Malliot and Frankly Darling, he may have another on his hands here.

The daughter of Golden Horn, also owned by Oppenheimer, made a winning debut at Doncaster last season but it has been the only time she has been seen in public.

Classic quotes were doing the rounds on Town Moor after that performance but, even after the delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, both the 1000 Guineas and the Oaks came too early for her.

That perhaps is not surprising given plenty of her relatives were hardly precocious types, so it makes the fact she was able to win on her debut even more impressive.

What also marks it up is the filly she beat, Roger Varian’s Gold Wand, almost touched off Franconia in a Listed race at York, so it will be disappointing if Domino Darling fails to live up to the promise of her initial run.

Haggas may also be celebrating after ICE SPRITE runs in the Grange Park Racing Fillies’ Handicap at Windsor.

The daughter of Zoffany also had just the one run at two, when fifth of 12 in a Newmarket maiden that has provided a few winners.

She reappeared at Yarmouth in early July and probably ran to a similar level when fourth of 10 in a race in which the winner followed up next time out.

More recently Ice Sprite broke her maiden at Newmarket off an opening mark of 70 and while an 8lb rise looks quite harsh, she takes on her elders this time and now is definitely the time of year to do it.

SELECTIONS: CATTERICK: 1.15 Night Moment, 1.45 Made For All, 2.20 Oso Rapido, 2.50 Cometh The Man, 3.20 Swiss Connection, 3.50 Ice Station Zebra, 4.20 Grandma, 4.50 Citronella, 5.20 Percy Prosecco.

UTTOXETER: 1.35 College Oak, 2.10 Sangha River, 2.40 Vice Et Vertu, 3.10 Dagueneau, 3.40 Lightening Dance, 4.10 Story Of Friends, 4.40 Thibault, 5.10 Hidden Glen, 5.40 Go As You Please. WINDSOR: 3.55 Fivethousandtoone, 4.30 Longlai, 5.00 Enderman, 5.30 Cotai Again, 6.00 Son And Sannie, 6.30 Ice Sprite, 7.00 DOMINO DARLING (NAP), 7.30 Sophosc, 8.00 Musee D’orsay. DOUBLE: Domino Darling and Ice Sprite.