The Charlie Hills-trained Vividly (16/1) captured the £25,000 Markel Insurance British EBF Fillies’ Maiden.
Ridden by Kieran Shoemark, the two-year-old daughter of Charm Spirit held off the sustained challenge of the 11/4 joint-favourite Craylands and Tulip Fields by a short-head and a length and a half, to land the seven-furlong event.
Lambourn-based Hills said: “Vividly has that lovely way about her – she is so genuine. We were really worried about the draw, as being drawn 16 of 16 over seven furlongs at Goodwood is never a good place to be.
Luckily, she pinged the gates and I thought Kieran gave her a marvellous ride. She is going the right way now and we might well come back here for the G3 Prestige Stakes (August 24).
“She has always been bit a fidgety at home and I probably had to run her a bit sooner than I ideally wanted because she started getting sweaty in the mornings and worrying about things.
“We ran her at Newbury and ever since then she has been a changed filly. She has stopped all that sweating and I think racing is going to do her a lot of good.”
Discussing second-placed Craylands, Newmarket trainer Bell commented: “We are very happy with the run and Frankie [Dettori] was very complementary about Craylands. She is probably all about next year and she looks a highclass middle distance filly in the making.”
4.45pm Markel Insurance British EBF Fillies’ Maiden, 7f
1 Vividly (Khalid Abdullah) Charlie Hills 2-9-00 Kieran Shoemark 16/1
2 Craylands (Bill & Tim Gredley) Michael Bell 2-9-00 Frankie Dettori 11/4jf
3 Tulip Fields (Mildmay Racing & D Caslon) Mark Johnston 2-9-00 P J McDonald 11/4jf
15 ran
Time: 1m 27.59s
Distances: sh, 1½
Tote Win: £17.60 Places: £3.80, £1.80, £1.60 Exacta: £61.90
Breeding: b f Charm Spirit (IRE) – Zero Gravity (GB) (Dansili (GB))
Breeder: Sean Connolly
Charlie Hills – 17th Goodwood winner (8th at Qatar Goodwood Festival)
Kieran Shoemark – 6th Goodwood winner (1st at Qatar Goodwood Festival)