'She looks made for it' - Fallen Angel 8-1 favourite for next year's 1,000 Guineas after Moyglare win

This was where Tahiyra announced herself as a potential superstar last year and, while Fallen Angel might not quite have won with the same sort of swagger, her victory was an emphatic one against a quality field of young fillies and it came as no surprise when she was made favourite across the board for next year's Qipco 1,000 Guineas at 8-1. 

"She looks made for it [the Guineas]," said winning jockey Danny Tudhope, who was completing a very good weekend's work after a successful landing on Flight Plan in the Group 2 Dullingham Park Stakes at Leopardstown 24 hours earlier. 

Ylang Ylang, who began the day as ante-post favourite for the 1,000 Guineas, bombed out and finished last of the nine. Explaining the dreadful effort, Aidan O'Brien said: "She was just too keen on that ground. Ryan [Moore] said it was on the soft side and she didn't enjoy herself."

She would have needed to be pretty good to beat Fallen Angel here, though. The daughter of Too Darn Hot looked good in the Sweet Solera at Newmarket last time, she looked better here. This was decisive. 

There was a fleeting moment just entering the final furlong when Billy Lee looked like he might have her measure on Vespertilio, but Fallen Angel is a strong stayer over seven furlongs and looks to be crying out for a mile, so she stuck her head down and went away again close to home for a length and a quarter success. 

Fallen Angel gamely held off Vespertilio to land the Moyglare at LeopardstownCredit: Alan Crowhurst

Tudhope put the performance into words, saying: "She was very impressive. She deserves that and she’s just getting better and better all the time. She’s a beautiful big filly and she’s only going to improve.

"I’m absolutely delighted for Steve [Parkin], Joe Foley and Karl and the team, they work so hard and they deserve this."

He added: "I thought Ryan would go on and I was happy to sit where I was with my filly in her comfort zone. She’s very, very tough. When something did come to me in the last furlong, she fought them off. She stays very well and a mile will be no problem. She has the Guineas written all over her."

Steve Parkin of Clipper Logistics was understandably emotional afterwards. He didn't just own Fallen Angel, but bred her too. This was a very special moment indeed. 

Parkin said: "We bred her but lost the mother to colic. That’s the last foal out of the mother and she is the spitting image of her mother. To say I'm emotional is an understatement.

"My daughter names all our horses and, after the death of the dam, that’s why she’s called Fallen Angel. To win the Group 1 Moyglare Stakes is unbelievable."

Parkin can keep dreaming over the winter as Fallen Angel is now favourite for a Classic. Ladbrokes are biggest at 10-1 but she is 8-1 almost everywhere else. Before then, she is 7-4 favourite (from 6) with the Betfair Sportsbook for the Fillies' Mile at Newmarket on October 13.

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