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Happily a worthy favourite but stablemate I Can Fly might live up to her name
I Can Fly (left) finishes third to Who's Steph (right) at Leopardstown last monthCredit: Alain Barr
Happily gave the boys a kicking in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at Chantilly in October and on Sunday she is back against her own sex in the Qipco 1,000 Guineas, attempting to give Aidan O’Brien a fifth win, and the third in a row, in the fillies' Classic at Newmarket.
Qipco 1,000 Guineas card and betting
Her win in France was her second at Group 1 level following a narrow victory in the Moyglare Stud Stakes, with stablemates Magical and September in the minor placings.
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