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Shadwell pin hopes of July festival success on 'impressive' sibling to Mostahdaf
Mostahdaf provided Shadwell with Group 1 glory at Royal Ascot last month and his half-brother Mostabshir will spearhead the owners’ select squad for Newmarket’s July meeting.
Mostabshir was seven and three-quarter lengths behind Paddington when sixth in the St James’s Palace last time, and the winner emphatically boosted the form by following up in the Coral-Eclipse last weekend.
The three-year-old drops in class for the Sir Henry Cecil Stakes on Thursday, a Listed event that Shadwell’s superstar Baaeed took in 2021 on his first start outside of novice company.
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