Italian Oaks glory for Fallon
The daughter of Danehill Dancer defeated Richard Hannon’s Middle Club to give British raiders a one-two in the Group Two contest.
It was a similar story in the Premio Carlo Vittadini, though Cumani had to settle for minor honours with Summit Surge.
The six-year-old was second behind the Michael Jarvis-trained Pressing, ridden by Neil Callan, who also won the race last year.
Meanwhile, Sajjhaa is to leap straight from maiden company to the highest level by taking her chance in the Investec Oaks at Epsom on Friday.
The filly, trained by Michael Jarvis, was slashed in price from 16-1 to a general 8-1 after she was left in the Classic at Saturday’s confirmation stage.
“They only have one year to have a crack at the Classics so if you feel they are good enough they deserve the opportunity,” said Jarvis
Sajjhaa, who carries the colours of Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum, only made her racecourse debut earlier this month but she could not have been more impressive in beating Saggiatore by seven lengths.
Frankie Dettori was in the saddle that day but there are two other fillies he could ride – Godolphin’s Hibaayeb or the Mark Johnston-trained Marie De Medici - should they get the go ahead to run.
