By Peter Moore at Newbury Saturday September 19th 2026

Picture: By Peter Moore

Miss Yechance continued her rapid progress with success in the Group 3 Dubai International Airport World Trophy Stakes at Newbury on Saturday.

The filly backed up her impressive victory at York’s Ebor meeting with a neck defeat of Shagraan under a sweet ride from apprentice Jack Nicholls.

Before talking to the waiting media, Burke was given a mobile phone so he could watch one of his runners racing in France.

It wasn’t to be another winner for the Leyburn handler, but the performance of the three-year-old made up for his disappointment.

“She won in a faster time than the Nunthorpe winner at York, so we knew she’s very quick, and Jack gets a tune out of her. It’s his first ride in a Group race so it’s great for him.” Said Burke.

The Cotai Glory filly finished seventh in the Palace of Holyroodhouse at Royal Ascot on her first run for Burke. The performance surprised her trainer as he was reluctant to run her at the royal meeting.

Burke said: “She’s done nothing but improve, physically, since she arrived in May. She arrived very early with the remit to run at Ascot, but she looked ropey and I didn’t want to run her. She didn’t look well and we hadn’t done a lot of work with her, but she ran a blinder. She only got tired in the last 100 yards but she split the two American horses for most of the race.

“I knew then that she doesn’t need much work. She tips away at home – she’s hard as nails and I’m delighted.”

Richard Hannon joked that he was finally off the “cold list” after Pearl River provided the yard with its first winner in just over a week in the 1m5½f Autumn Cup.

Under a super ride from Silvestre De Sousaa, the three-year-old kicked for home and when challenged found more to score by two and a half lengths.

The three-year-old appreciated a step up in trip to go one better than his York second and record a second success this season, and Hannon is now set to look for another target for the Cotai Glory colt.

The trainer said: “He’s a very good-moving horse and all he does is gallop. The further he goes the better he goes. We said in the paddock before that this would be his last run of the season, but we can scrap that now.”

Another day, another win for the trio of Charlie Applebey, William Buick and Godolphin after a ding dong battle with Jolivette in the feature race of the day the Durban Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes

Run in honour of the late Ian Balding, it would off been a poignant moment if Jolivette could have held on to win for Andrew Balding, but on the line it was Nabati with his head down first to nick the race by a short head.

Balzac and Ryan Moore had to survive a stewards enquiry before keeping the 1m 2f handicap for trainer JaneChapple-Hyam.

After Saint Mungp had taken the 7f novice stakes, trainer Eve Johnson-Houghton was very vocal about the two-year-old.

She said: “He’s a lovely horse. Where we’ll be with him I’m not sure, but he’d be one of my nicest juveniles. He’s always shone but he got a bit tubby before his first run. We couldn’t work on the grass but he needed that race to put him right, so it was great.

“We were slightly concerned about the ground, but as long as he didn’t have to come off the bridle then we knew it’d be fine. I don’t see why he wouldn’t get further, but I don’t think we’ll run him again this year.”

The well backed Garfield Shadow had to fend off the flying finish of Aalto to prevail in the 7f handicap with Callum Rodriguez aboard.

Abundant made it back-to-back victories at Newbury after taking the 1m handicap, finale on the card for trainer Tom Ward.