‘Best filly I’ve trained’ – Ellison plots Breeders’ Cup bid with Mackem Bullet

The Mackem Bullet (striped cap) ran a massive race in the Cheveley Park

The Mackem Bullet (striped cap) runs a massive race in the Cheveley ParkCredit: Mark Cranham (racingpost.com/photos)

A first trip to the Breeders' Cup awaits Brian Ellison after The Mackem Bullet made a mockery of her 25-1 starting price in the Cheveley Park Stakes with a sharpshooting second-placed finish.

While Ellison may need to explain to more than one bemused American racegoer what a Mackem is when the filly takes her chance in the Juvenile Fillies' Turf at Churchill Downs in November, her ability needs no local knowledge to understand.

A nose second to Fairyland in the Lowther at York, the daughter of Society Rock upheld that form when finishing a neck behind her old adversary on the Rowley Mile.

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David BaxterReporter

Published on 29 September 2018inReports

Last updated 18:57, 29 September 2018

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