Hayley Turner is the toast of HQ
The 28-year-old former joint-champion apprentice was only third choice to be offered the ride on Dream Ahead in the Darley July Cup because there was so much racing at home and abroad. And she only got the leg up for the first time on David Simcock's stable star in the parade ring ahead of Newmarket's summer showpiece.
But she made the made the most of the opportunity on a mount that both William Buick and Jamie Spencer had to turn down because of other commitments. Having already been the first woman to reach 100 winners in a calendar year, her marginal improvement on Alex Greaves' dead-heat in the 1997 Nunthorpe Stakes confirmed her status on the top table.
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