Beautiful Romance flies Godolphin flag on Ascot Champions Day

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Beautiful Romance is to be aimed at the Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot on Champions Day.

The daughter of New Approach will step up markedly in class for the Group One after running out a four-and-a-half-length winner of the August Stakes at Windsor on Saturday.

Always highly regarded, the three-year-old had disappointed in France on her previous outing but trainer Saeed bin Suroor suggests she must have soft ground to be seen at her best.

"The key to her is soft ground," said the Newmarket-based handler.

"When she won her maiden by nine lengths at Doncaster we had hopes she would be special, but when she was third in the Guineas trial (Nell Gwyn), the jockey (James Doyle) said she found the ground too fast.

"We took her to France for soft ground but it wasn't soft, but thankfully on Saturday she got her ground.

"We'll take her to Ascot next for the fillies' race on Champions Day."

Stablemate Racing History took the feature Winter Hill Stakes in good style on the same card and will now head to Longchamp on Arc weekend.

"I've always liked him, even when he was a yearling I thought he had something," said Bin Suroor.

"He'll go for the Prix Dollar now on October 3."

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