Dettori strikes again at Deauville as Campanelle lands Prix Morny for America

Campanelle: followed up her Royal Ascot victory at Deauville

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Slower ground did not slow down Campanelle as the Queen Mary winner followed up her Royal Ascot success with a Group 1 victory in the Darley Prix Morny.

US trainer Wesley Ward was winning the race for a third time, following the victories of Lady Aurelia (2016) and No Nay Never (2013), and it looks like Campanelle could be another superstar for the yard.

Ward had talked up Campanelle pre-race as a horse for not just this season, and she was given a first show of 25-1 for next season’s 1,000 Guineas by Betfair.

More immediately, the same firm and Paddy Power offer 5-1 about her chances for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies’ Turf.

Wesley Ward: third Prix Morny win for the US trainer

Alan Crowhurst

Royal Ascot form came to the fore in the Morny, as shock Coventry winner Nando Parrado proved that 150-1 success was no fluke by finishing second. Third went to the Richard Fahey-trained Rhythm Master, who handled a huge jump in class on just his second start.

Campanelle was quickly into stride and led more or less from the moment the stalls opened. The challengers in behind could not master the star filly, who pulled away late in the final furlong.

The winning jockey was celebrating a second Group 1 in seven days following Palace Pier’s win in the Jacques le Marois at the same track last Sunday.

“I was very impressed with her in the Queen Mary,” Dettori told Sky Sports Racing. “She’s grown since Ascot and has an amazingly long stride. She’s handled the ground but she’ll be much better on good ground. She’s a very smart two-year-old.”

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FIRST PUBLISHED 1:44PM, AUG 23 2020