Having won the Newmarket Stakes with Ancient Egypt on the Friday of the Newmarket Guineas Festival, trainer Charlie Johnston struck again at listed level on Sunday when Jennifer Jane (Silvestre de Sousa) made all the running for a six-length victory in the Oliver Brown Pretty Polly Stakes over a mile and a quarter. The trainer later made it four winners for the meeting when Evanesco took the closing handicap on Sunday’s card.

Johnston said: “I wasn’t certain that the step up in trip would suit [Jennifer Jane] and it’s a bit like with Ancient Egypt - you’ve got to be adaptable and think on your feet. This filly came here during the Craven Meeting to gallop and finished just behind Venetian Lace, so we left there thinking she was clearly in good fettle.

“The plan has been to start in the Michael Seely at York, but when I saw the entries for this race on Monday morning, I thought it was worth a look.”

By New Bay, Jennifer Jane was bred by Rathbran House Stud and Rosetown Bloodstock. She was sold for €50,000 as a yearling at the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale.

She has a speedy pedigree - her dam was a five-furlong winner, as was her earlier foal Surpass And Shine (by Exceed And Excel).