Racing:Midday won the Group One Nassau Stakes for a third consecutive year at Goodwood. Henry Cecil's filly put in a rare below-par performance in the Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh last time behind Misty For Me but bounced back to top form with a comfortable two-length win over Snow Fairy (5-2).
Tom Queally and Frankie Dettori looked set for a tight battle in the closing stages when both their mounts travelled well inside the final quarter mile. However, it was Queally and Midday who stayed on best of all with Snow Fairy having to settle for second.
Queally said: "She's the queen of Goodwood now. She loves it here. She's very special, she's special to me and everyone at the yard. She's a sweetheart. What a week - it's been brilliant.
"I was conscious that Frankie (Dettori) was thereabouts (on Snow Fairy) but I just gave her a smack and made her mind up for her."
Cecil added: "I was delighted with her today, it was a great achievement on her part.
"She quickened up well and hopefully she will go for the Yorkshire Oaks but I'll feel my way with her. She will tell us what we should do. She was beaten by a good filly (Misty For Me) in Ireland and even though she's won so many Group Ones, I think she is genuinely unlucky not to have won two or three more."