Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore brought up a treble on day three of the Qatar Goodwood Festival as Dreamy made a winning introduction in the Tatler British EBF Fillies’ Maiden.
Showing signs of greenness, Dreamy (5/2F) seemed set for second place as her more-experienced rival Bouvier made the best of her way home. Yet under typical Moore handling, Dreamy switched on in the closing stages and forged past to win by a neck. Tundra Rose was a length and three-quarters further back in third.
The winner is a daughter of G1 Yorkshire Oaks winner Tapestry and comes from the family of great racemare Miesque.
Winning co-owner Michael Tabor said: “Ryan was very happy with Dreamy, first time out, as they all were. It is a learning curve and he thought that she could be a little bit special.
“There is plenty of quality, Ryan said, and she could be an Oaks filly for next year. That is the thinking at the moment. Things change, as we know, but he was very happy with her. You have to get experience into them and the sooner the better. We will talk to Aidan about plans.”
Jamie Insole, co-trainer of runner-up Bouvier, said: “Gutting, but I would have to have counted my stars to have a Glorious Goodwood winner in our first year. So close! She’s such a game filly. I really fancied her for Newmarket the weekend before last, and she cut her nostril in the box and wasn’t allowed to run, which was a bit of an annoyance.
“Aidan O’Brien doesn’t bring horses over for no reason and if that horse wasn’t here, we would have won quite well. We have to be very happy in defeat and, for the whole team to have a horse which was beaten on the line in our first year at Glorious Goodwood, just gives everyone a boost. Not quite a win, but it looks like we’ve got a nice filly, which is exciting.
“It would be good to try to win a novice. Kieran suggested something like the Rockfel might be a good target. We thought on her first run that she might get a mile, but she looks like seven might be her trip this year.”