British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes 2020

Great Britain

Ascot · 17.10.20

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British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes

1stWonderful Tonight3yo by Le Havre × Salvation£198,485

2ndDame Malliot4yo by Champs Elysees × Stars In Your Eyes£75,250

3rdPassion3yo by Galileo × Dialafara£37,660

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JockeyWilliam Buick

TrainerDavid Menuisier

OwnerChristopher Wright

BreederEcurie Taos

Purse£350,000

Distance2406 metres

Winning time2m 37.84s

SurfaceTurf

ConditionsFillies and mares, 3 and up

Stories of this Result

Wonderful Tonight

With this win, Wonderful Tonight now has 2 Group 1 wins this season. The field numbered 12 runners. The horse is by Le Havre out of Salvation. The win was worth GBP 198,485 to the winner. The winning time was 2m 37.84s.

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Result

12 runners · prize money to 6th place

PosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize

1stWonderful Tonight3yo filly by Le Havre × SalvationWilliam BuickDavid Menuisier£198,485

2ndDame Malliot4yo filly by Champs Elysees × Stars In Your EyesHollie DoyleEd Vaughan2 ½£75,250

3rdPassion3yo filly by Galileo × DialafaraRyan MooreAidan O'Brien1£37,660

4thMehdaayih4yo filly by Frankel × Sayyedati SymphonyFrankie DettoriJohn & Thady Gosden2£18,760

5thEven So3yo filly by Camelot × Breeze HillColin KeaneGer Lyons2 ¾£9,415

6thManuela De Vega4yo filly by Lope De Vega × RoscoffRob HornbyRalph Beckett2 ½£4,725

7thThundering Nights3yo filly by Night Of Thunder × Cape CastleTom MarquandJoseph Patrick O'Brien½

8thGold Wand3yo filly by Golden Horn × Los OjitosAndrea AtzeniRoger Varian3 ¾

9thFrankly Darling3yo filly by Frankel × Hidden HopeRobert HavlinJohn & Thady Gosden11

10thCabaletta3yo filly by Mastercraftsman × AllegrettoDavid EganRoger Varian15

11thLaburnum3yo filly by Galileo × Secret GardenJames DoyleAidan O'Brien38

12thAntonia De Vega4yo filly by Lope De Vega × Witches BrewHarry BentleyRalph Beckett2 ¼

Pedigree of the winner

As of race day 17.10.20

Wonderful Tonight

Le HavreSire

SalvationDamby Montjeu

DamSalvation

Wonderful Tonight is out of Salvation (Montjeu), who is also the dam of Penjade (Air Chief Marshal), a stakes winner in the US and multiple stakes-placed in France.

Second damBirdie

Second dam Birdie (Alhaarth) won the Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial. Among her offspring is Hostess (Iffraaj), winner of the Grade 3 Providencia Stakes in the US.

Third damFade

Third dam Fade (Persepolis).

Wider family

Birdie is related to the stakes winner Fickle (Danehill), whose daughter Tarfah (Kingmambo) won the Gr.3 Dahlia Stakes and became the dam of Camelot (Montjeu), winner of the Gr.1 2000 Guineas, the Gr.1 Epsom Derby and the Gr.1 Irish Derby and now a sire. The family also includes Polygamy, winner of the Gr.1 Epsom Oaks.