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The victory of Specialise brought up Roger's fifth century of winners in a calendar year at Newmarket this afternoon.
They came into the race with very different profiles, but Daahyeh and Stylistique were separated by just half a length as they provided a superb 1-2 for the yard in the G2 Rockfel Stakes at Newmarket.
The well-related Pierre Lapin emulated his half-brother Harry Angel in readily winning the G2 Mill Reef on Saturday, and in doing so provided the middle leg of a juvenile treble.
The well entered-up Molatham landed his first pattern success in cosy fashion the Listed Flying Scotsman Stakes at Doncaster on Friday.
It was quite a low-key week for the yard at York with just Molatham bringing back one of the winners' prizes, but several of the yard favourites ran solid races during what was a high-class few days on the Knavesmire.
Our winners tally for the 2019 season rose to 75 on Wednesday thanks to an across-the-card treble at Salisbury and Kempton Park.
Top-level winners Defoe and Zabeel Prince will be aimed at the prestigious Dubai World Cup meeting at Meydan in March 2020 after successful breakthrough campaigns at Group 1 level.
Goodwood may have been more low-key for the yard than in previous years but the lightly-raced Aktau ensured there was at least one major positive to take from the five days on the downs.
Victories for Farzeen and Edaraat provide jockey Jack Mitchell with a milestone success.
Winners were the order of the day with Cape Byron adding to Defoe's Hardwicke victory with a scintillating display in the Wokingham Stakes and a winner at Lingfield added to a double at Newmarket to make it five winners for the day on a Saturday to remember for Varian Stable.
Daahyeh was sent off the 4/1 favourite for the Albany following Raffle Prize's victory in the G2 Queen Mary on the first day of the Royal Meeting and she scored in the style of a smart filly to remain unbeaten in two starts.
After five attempts at Group 1 level Mohammed Obaid’s Defoe found his place at the top table at the sixth time of asking by running down Kew Gardens to win the Coronation Cup at Epsom.