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Sun Goddess passes massive test to win Cheveley Park Stakes

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Sun Goddess showed her class to give Aidan O'Brien a seventh Tattersalls Sceptre Sessions Cheveley Park Stakes in what was an appropriately red-hot renewal at Newmarket.

Sun Goddess and fellow Group One heroine Senorita Bonita travelled in tandem in midfield as Snowing and Moonrise set a strong pace up the six furlums of the Rowley Mile. Senorita Bonita was the first to show her hand, with the smooth-travelling Libertango launching her attack under Billy Loughnane on the far side from the back of the field.

But Sun Goddess found plenty for Ryan Moore on meeting the rising ground, with the 5-6 favourite engaging top gear to win by a going-away length from Libertango, making it her third top-level win of the campaign. Senorita Bonita was only able to finish fifth after not getting home.

O'Brien, who saddled this year's 1000 Guineas heroine True Love to win this race 12 months ago, said: "That is a massive run after winning over seven furlongs (Moyglare Stud Stakes) on soft ground, it was some change today. It was a massive test and she's passed it. She looks a freak doesn't she to be doing what she is doing and you have to remember she's a two-year-old filly racing at the top level every day. It's incredible and I can't remember having one that classy, with that speed and distance range before, she looks really unusual."

Sun Goddess was made 6-4 favourite for next year's 1000 Guineas by BOYLE Sports, but before that she could board the plane to Keeneland for the Breeders' Cup to test her mettle over a mile.