Last year’s Lexus Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant will be given one last chance to show European racegoers what she is made of on QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot next Saturday after trainer Francis Graffard confirmed she will join the stable’s Prix Vermeille winner Sweet Lady in the QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes.
Article by Nancy Sexton: It is indicative of the power that the Irish Thoroughbred holds that it has taken a horse of Frankel’s calibre to wrestle the champion sires’ title away from Irish grasp.