By Sam Turner -
Richard Fahey trainee Pretty Crystal, who recently carried the colours of Sheikh Rashid bin Damook Al Maktoum to a brave victory in the Nell Gwyn Stakes, is expected to be supplemented for the first fillies' Classic of the season, the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 5th.
It was initially thought that the daughter of Dubawi may swerve a date at HQ in preference for other targets, but she is now on course to be supplemented at a cost of £30,000 on April 29.
Philip Robinson, racing manager to owner Sheikh Rashid: “After discussions with the owner in recent days I would say it is highly likely that Pretty Crystal will be supplemented for the 1000 Guineas.
"There’s only one 1000 Guineas and she’s not entered in anything else, so she might as well go back to Newmarket.
“We know she handles the track, which is a big bonus as there seemed to be a good percentage of horses who didn't handle the track at the Craven meeting,” he told the Racing Post.
Robinson added: “It wasn’t a surprise that she won as we’ve always liked her and she was always thereabouts last year. She was a little unlucky in the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot when with a clear passage she would have nearly won.
“As a Dubawi, she’d always promised to do better at three so it's worth taking the chance again in the 1000 Guineas.”
