Alpha Centauri broke the track record in the Coronation Stakes, powering clear for a scintillating six-length victory over runner-up Threading.
“It’s over quicker, which is great,” Jessica Harrington said after winning the Coronation Stakes with Alpha Centauri here on Friday, when asked about the difference between racing on the Flat and over jumps.
On that basis her latest Group One win on the Flat must have been her idea of the perfect race, as it was over almost before it had started in earnest.
Alpha Centauri was one of three 1,000 Guineas winners in the field for the feature race on Friday, but she was travelling much better than any of her opponents from the start and was still cruising on the bridle as they lined up for home with just over two furlongs to run.
As soon as Colm O’Donoghue, her jockey, asked for an effort, Alpha Centauri accelerated clear and added to her lead all the way to the line, which she crossed six lengths in front of Threading in a track-record time. Veracious came in third.
Billesdon Brook, the winner of the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket, was another three-and-a-half lengths behind in fourth, while Teppal, who took the French 1,000 Guineas, trailed home in ninth.
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