2024 Fillies' Mile News - Quotes from connections
The 2024 Fillies' Mile event at Newmarket is approaching, and trainers share their perspectives on their contenders. Charlie Appleby discusses the potential of Desert Flower, while Ryan Moore highlights the strengths of his three entrants, including the promising January. Ralph Beckett and James Savage offer insights into their fillies, Tabiti and Anna Swan, respectively. These trainers are optimistic about their fillies' performances and futures, aiming for success both in this race and in future competitions, particularly the Guineas next year.
- Quotes from connections ahead of the 2024 Fillies' Mile
- This Group One takes place at Newmarket on Friday 11th October
- Read quotes from Charlie Appleby, Ryan Moore and more
- Charlie Appleby (Desert Flower)
- Ryan Moore (January)
- Ralph Beckett (Tabiti)
- James Savage (Anna Swan)
Quotes from connections ahead of the 2024 Fillies' Mile, which takes place at Newmarket on Friday.
Read what the connections of this year's contenders have had to say, before their top juvenile fillies enter this important Group One.
2024 Fillies' Mile News - Quotes From Connections
Charlie Appleby (Desert Flower)
I’m pleased with her and she’s a filly who is three from three. Listening to people on the day, I think people thought there was going to be this big ‘wow’ factor at Doncaster. But she’s a filly who is still learning and you saw her pricking her ears there when she got to the front.
She’s a filly who is going to get better with the more experience she gets, and experience is going to become more valuable as she keeps climbing the ladder.
It’s very English to not want to get beat, but I don’t mind mine getting beat. She hasn’t been beat but she had to race a bit more at Doncaster and the odd time they do get beat, they learn plenty from it – when you are heading into Group Ones or Classics, I don’t think there is any harm in it.
Hopefully on Friday she will put herself bang there as being one of the leading Guineas contenders for next year.
Ryan Moore (January)
We run three here and they are all exciting prospects. January is a filly I've always liked and her win in the Churchill Stakes at Tipperary showed her potential. We obviously have to overturn a 1½l defeat to Desert Flower in the May Hill, that will be hard, but my filly is tough and will give the favourite plenty to think about.
We also run Dreamy who is another filly I like. She is two for two and was very strong to the line in her win at the Curragh last day.
Our third filly in the race, Ballet Slippers, handled the soft ground well at Ascot last month and any rain wouldn't be an issue for her. Desert Flower set the standard though.
Ralph Beckett (Tabiti)
The drop back to six wouldn’t have suited her (In the Dick Poole Fillies' Stakes), neither would the tacky ground, so she has won against the curve really.
She’s a good filly, I hope, and she’s shown she’s a good filly by winning that, but I hope we can go on to even bigger things. She’s going in the right direction and it’s terrific.
We will aim high and I hope she will progress into a really nice filly at a mile next year.
James Savage (Anna Swan)
There’s plenty of stamina in her family. William was very complimentary about her and she showed she's versatile with the ground.
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