Royal Ascot-bound Miss Yechance tops Tattersalls Online June Pop-Up Sale at 250,000gns

Royal Ascot-bound juvenile Miss Yechance sold to Royal Chance Bloodstock for 250,000gns on the Tattersalls Online June Pop-Up Sale on Thursday. 

The daughter of Cotai Glory made a winning debut for the Newmarket-based trainer Jack Morland at Redcar last month, striking by a length and a half. She is entered for the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes and Listed Windsor Castle Stakes at the royal meeting next week. 

The filly was a £32,000 yearling purchase for EMW Equine before going unsold at £48,000 at the Goffs UK Breeze-Up Sale in April. EMW Equine offered the filly again on Thursday. 

A spokesman for the winning purchaser said after the sale: “When you miss one chance, you sometimes get a better chance. She was one of the fastest horses at the breeze ups but she was, unfortunately, unlucky with the ground there. She won very well at Redcar and we were really impressed with her run. 

"She will remain in training with Jack Morland now and we are delighted to take our Royal Ascot chance with her. We are confident with the team she is with. They have done an excellent job with her so far and we are very happy to secure her today and, hopefully, she will be the quickest again next Wednesday.”

Ellie Whitaker of EMW Equine added: "I’m ecstatic. I'm lucky to have two very good owners in David Lovatt and Colin Bacon who have believed in not only me but in my team and most importantly in the filly. Unfortunately, things did not fall into place at the breeze-ups but we’ve always had faith in her and she repaid us by winning as she did on debut. 

"It’s a big relief but I believe she will progress into a very nice filly and she will only get better. I wish her new connections the very best of luck.”

Miss Yechance is out of Wootton Bassett mare Rosie Bassett, a winning half-sister to US stakes winner and Grade 2 Yellow Ribbon Handicap second Fuente Ovejuna, by Lope De Vega. It is the further family of family of Group 1 Prix Saint-Alary winner Jemayel and US Grade 1 winner Mast Track. 

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