Here come the girls! Fillies to the fore as leading ladies chase Group 1 glory
David Jennings speaks to the brilliant dual-purpose trainer about her Flat team
Jessica Harrington has reinvented herself. The artist formerly known as 'just a jumps trainer' is now the queen of the Flat in Ireland and has seven Group 1 wins next to her name. Number eight is surely just around the corner too.
Fillies like Alpha Centauri, her first Classic winner who sizzled in the summer of 2018, are only supposed to come around once in a lifetime, but this year's crop of three-year-old fillies are so special that Harrington admits to "having to pinch herself to make sure what's happening is real".
One of her biggest problems has been trying to pick and choose what Guineas to go for with them, a task made more arduous by the Covid-19 restrictions.
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Published on 2 June 2020inStable Tours
Last updated 11:18, 3 June 2020
Copy- Roger Varian: 'I still think he's unexposed over a mile and a half - but we want to try to win the Prince of Wales's first'
- Jessica Harrington: 'She was second in a Group 1 last year - and it would be fantastic to win one with her'
- Joseph O'Brien: 'He's looked a bit special at home - and it could be straight to Royal Ascot now'
- Tim Easterby: 'He's well handicapped and I'm looking forward to him - we like him a lot'
- David O'Meara: 'If I've got a horse who could step up this year, he's the one - it's all eyes on the Victoria Cup now'
- Roger Varian: 'I still think he's unexposed over a mile and a half - but we want to try to win the Prince of Wales's first'
- Jessica Harrington: 'She was second in a Group 1 last year - and it would be fantastic to win one with her'
- Joseph O'Brien: 'He's looked a bit special at home - and it could be straight to Royal Ascot now'
- Tim Easterby: 'He's well handicapped and I'm looking forward to him - we like him a lot'
- David O'Meara: 'If I've got a horse who could step up this year, he's the one - it's all eyes on the Victoria Cup now'