Varian set to take wraps off US Grade 1 winner Digital Age's sister at Newcastle

The Roger Varian-trained Cheshire Plain, a full-sister to this year's Grade 1 Turf Classic Stakes scorer Digital Age, will make her late-season debut at Newcastle on Tuesday.

Owned and bred by Merry Fox Stud, the juvenile filly is the third foal out of the unraced Lemon Drop Kid mare Willow View and was a 130,000gns buy-back at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.

Her Grade 1-winning older brother was another bred by Merry Fox and was a 325,000gns purchase for Klaravich Stables when offered by The Castlebridge Consignment at Book 1 three years ago.

In training with Chad Brown, the four-year-old notched up his first top-level success when seeing off Factor This at Churchill Downs in September. He had previously won the Grade 2 American Turf Stakes on his second career start.

Among Cheshire Plain's 13 rivals is the Kevin Ryan-trained Snow Empress, a Kingman half-sister to Group 3 winner Chilean and a 200,000gns purchase as a yearling from Tattersalls Book 2, plus the Cheveley Park-owned Sacristy, a Twilight Son half-sister to Group 2 scorer Penitent.

Willow View produced a Siyouni colt last year, while she has since visited Frankel and Dubawi over the past two seasons.

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