TAHIYRA can win the Coronation Stakes (British Champions Series) (Fillies) (4.20pm) on day four of Royal Ascot 2023.
Dermot Weld’s Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine can prove her pre-eminence in the Fillies mile division with victory in the Group One feature of the fourth day of the Royal meeting at the Berkshire track. The Aga Khan-owned daughter of Siyouni was a smart juvenile and although she only ran twice, she won both starts at Galway and the Curragh. The second at the Curragh was most impressive as she beat Aidan O’Brien’s subsequent Breeders’ Cup winner Meditate comfortably, coming through to lead and scoring by two-and-a-quarter lengths in the Group One Moyglare Stud Stakes.
She was sent off a warm favourite for last month’s QIPCO 1,000 Guineas on the back of those efforts. But on her seasonal return Tahiyra was beaten half-a-length by Saeed Bin Suroor’s Mawj at Newmarket, having had a less-than-ideal passage – although the winner was always holding her. While Mawj has not run since – and won't line-up at Ascot – Tahiyra gained compensation when running out an impressive winner of the Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh, again getting the better of Meditate. She has clearly improved again from Newmarket and looks a star miler and she can come out on top again to continue her spectacular summer. Meditate is likely to follow her home again.
