Grand start for Zafeen

Grand Zafeen got her career off to the best possible start with a cosy victory in the Premier Sports Cafe Bar Median Auction Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Pontefract today.

Bred in the purple, by St James's Palace Stakes winner Zafeen out of top-class racemare Majestic Desert, she saw off the persistent challenge of Anjomarba without much fuss.

Sent off the 3-1 joint-favourite along with the third home, Duchess Dora, Sam Hitchcott used hands and heels only to win by half a length.