Frankel filly to follow! Pyledriver's half-sister SHAGPYLE wins on debut at Ascot

Shagpyle looks a name to note following an impressive debut at Ascot on Friday.

Trained by William Muir and Chris Grassick, the Frankel filly is a half-sister to her handlers’ stable stalwart Pyledriver and showed the same love of the Berkshire venue as her illustrious King George and Royal Ascot-winning relative when triumphing in the Dual Maiden Fillies’ Stakes.

Sent off 11-4 in the hands of Lewis Edmunds for the 10-furlong contest, Shagpyle was ridden patiently in the early stages before being asked to move up closer rounding the home bend.

The three-year-old began to hit top gear when urged for extra from Edmunds in the home straight and having hit the front inside the final furlong, she was lengthening clear of her rivals in good style when passing the winning post.

“I said to Lewis to just get into a rhythm and I wouldn’t be surprised if you do well, because over the last 10 days she has just got stronger and stronger,” Muir told Sky Sports Racing.

“This is the start of her career, not the end, and judged on that she will be a nice filly.

“I think she will be a stayer because all she does is gallop and it took Lewis until half way down the back straight to stop her.

“I’ll just take my time and she won’t run now for six weeks. I won’t over race her, as her future is next year and the year after and I just have to keep going and not get too old because she looks the real deal.”


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