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O'Brien's Minding and Coolmore for Fillies' Mile at Newmarket

Seamie Heffernan on board Minding winning the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden at Leopardstown
Seamie Heffernan on board Minding winning the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden at Leopardstown

Aidan O'Brien is launching a very strong raid on Friday's Dubai Fillies' Mile at Newmarket with both Minding and Coolmore featuring among 10 declared for the Group One contest.

Minding, a daughter of Galileo out of a Group One winner in Lillie Langtry, beat her stablemate Ballydoyle to win the Moyglare Stud Stakes last time out.

That form was given a huge boost when Ballydoyle went to Longchamp last weekend and was an impressive winner of the Prix Marcel Boussac.

Coolmore has a lot to live up to given her name and the fact she is a sister to Gleneagles, but she is going some way to doing that already, winning a Group Three last time out.

John Gosden's Nathra was supplemented for this by connections after maintaining her unbeaten record by seven lengths in a Newbury conditions event last month.

Luca Cumani will be hoping Beautiful Morning can confirm the favourable impression she made when winning the valuable Convivial Maiden at York.

Saeed bin Suroor, who has a great record in the race, is represented by Promising Run, who was very impressive in the Rockfel Stakes while Hugo Palmer runs the third from that event, Hawksmoor.

Dessertoflife, a Group winner in Germany last time out for Mark Johnston, Marenko, Opal Tiara and Dawn Of Hope complete the classy line-up.

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