Babouche © Photo Healy Racing
Trainer Ger Lyons and Juddmonte are planning to separate their top juvenile fillies, with Babouche heading to Newmarket and Red Letter penciled in for Irish Champions Weekend.
Babouche, who extended her unbeaten streak to three by defeating future Prix Morny winner Whistlejacket in the Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh, will aim for her second Group One victory in the Juddmonte-sponsored Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket on September 28.
Red Letter, a Frankel filly who narrowly missed victory in her debut against Aidan O’Brien’s Lake Victoria before winning at the Curragh, may target the Moyglare Stud Stakes on September 15 for her next race. Alternatively, she has the option to run in a Listed race at Leopardstown the day before.
“We’ve discussed it with the owners and they’re keen to go to the Cheveley Park with Babouche, so that’s good,” confirmed Juddmonte’s European racing manager Barry Mahon.
“All being well, Red Letter will run on Champions Weekend. Whether that will be in the Ingabelle on the Saturday or the Moyglare on the Sunday, we’ll see how she’s working and decide closer to the time.
“Obviously, the form of Babouche’s last run looks solid. I don’t have all the times but I believe she broke some sort of record on the day and when they do that, it has to be a good performance.”
Another filly who looks bound for bigger and better things for the Lyons-Juddmonte axis is Revoke, who created a deep impression when dominating her rivals on her introduction at Naas last weekend.
She too looks set for a step up in class, with Mahon adding: “Ger has a lovely team in fairness to him and Revoke looks a smart filly. She’s not over-big, but she’d been showing plenty at home and she’s quick.
“Hopefully we’ll be able to kick on and head into stakes company for her next start. Where that will be, we’ll have to wait and see, but she’s a nice filly to have.
“She was good over six furlongs the other day and could even drop back to five, as she’s very speedy. She’ll slot into a stakes race somewhere and we’ll go a bit slower with her.”
