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Cumani eyeing skies for help as Dashing chases Maisons-Laffitte prize
Luca Cumani: hoping Very Dashing can live up to her name at Maisons-LaffitteCredit: Edward Whitaker
Luca Cumani sends Very Dashing on a raid to Maisons-Laffitte on Monday hoping an easier surface will see her make her mark at Listed level.
The three-year-old finished fourth in the Listed Upavon Fillies' Stakes at Salisbury on her last start in August, with winner Chain Of Daisies landing a Group 3 since.
Partnered by Freddy Tylicki, she contests the Prix Charles Laffitte over an extended ten furlongs, in which the Andre Fabre-trained Switching, a Listed runner-up, is among the main threats.
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