YOU might have to go back to the fourth dam, Ancient Regime, to find the next stakes winner in the pedigree of the 1000 Guineas winner Winter, but her pedigree and the performances of her dam Laddies Poker Two were enough to warrant a visit to the world’s greatest sire Galileo – and the combination has worked a treat.

Laddies Poker Two won three of her five starts but one of these was the highly-competitive Wokingham Handicap at Royal Ascot as a five-year-old. The win was gained after a 20-month layoff and she ran the six furlongs in an exceptional time, beating the time of Starspangledbanner in the Group 1 Golden Jubilee Stakes. Sadly the race did not carry listed status.