Bated Breath's Juliet Sierra on top in the Dick Poole

Homebred two-year-old filly Juliet Sierra (Bated Breath) made her blacktype breakthrough in Thursday's Gr.3 Dick Poole Fillies' Stakes at Salisbury.

Taken from the Thoroughbred Daily News, 2nd September 2022, by Sean Cronin:

She bettered her debut second (22nd July) going six furlongs at Newmarket with a breakthrough score over much the same trip at Nottingham last month and continued her rapid rise with a career high on her stakes debut in the Gr.3 Dick Poole Fillies' Stakes.

Finding a smooth rhythm behind the leaders in fifth after an alert getaway, the 9-2 favourite tanked forward to launch her challenge passing the quarter-mile marker and was ridden out in the closing stages to assert superiority by a neck from All The Time. "She's a beautiful filly by our own stallion Bated Breath and it was a lovely performance," said Juddmonte's racing manager Barry Mahon.

"She's always been well regarded by Ralph [Beckett] and Rob [Hornby] and she delivered today. Ralph and myself were confident she'd get seven [furlongs] after the last day and Ralph said let's keep her over six for now, but I thought today it looked like she'd sharpened up a bit."

He added: "She's in the [seven-furlong Gr.2] Rockfel and the [six-furlong Gr.1] Cheveley Park. They are three weeks away and I suppose it's a big jump from a Group 3 to a Group 1, but we are getting into that time of year where options are getting tight. Ralph is in Baden-Baden at the sales so we haven't had the discussion yet, but they are good discussions to have. She's a beautiful filly, she looks good and when they win a Group 3 they are heading in the right direction."