Fallen For You set for summer break after Coronation Stakes success
John Gosden’s 3-year-old champion filly, Fallen For You, is set to go on a long vacation following her tremendous win in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot last month. The Normandie Stud Ltd-owned is expected to make her next appearance in the autumn Group
1 competitions.
The filly holds entry for next week’s Etihad Airways Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket, but the connections have decided not to send her to the racecourse this season.
The maverick runner started off his 2012 campaign with an outstanding triumph at Kempton in May. After making a winning seasonal debut, she could not continue her good form, when sent at Lingfield.
The Group 3 Betfred Mobile Chartwell Fillies' Stakes saw her finishing sixth behind Chachamaidee. An embarrassing defeat, however, did not dent her confidence, as she demonstrated a wonderful show last time out.
In the Group 1 Coronation Stakes, she made a great impact, despite not taking a fine start. She switched left around the field and headway 2f out. In the hands of William Buick, the rampant filly established her dominance a furlong before the winning post.
She soon edged right and ran on well to draw clear. Gosden’s trainee was in total command inside the final furlong and following an excellent effort, she seized the top place by three and a quarter lengths. Starscope, who was second in the list, was never
a threat to the ultimate champion.
After such a magnificent success, the filly was expected to pursue some big prizes this season, but the connections are not ready to put any extra burden on her.
"I haven't really discussed where she's going to run next with John, but I'm not going to over-race her. I was very, very pleased with how she won at Ascot and, apart from the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket, there is nothing to run in at the moment as she
has to go for Group Ones,” said Cooper, who runs Normandie Stud in West Sussex.
He added: "There are more races later in the season and as she has handled soft ground, she can always go to France. I'm always happiest when the horses are having a break, and you've just got to look after them."
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