First Stakes Winner For Palace Pier As Morris Dancer Leads Stonehenge One-Two For Freshman

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With the two only realistic contenders of the three runners contesting Wednesday's Listed British Stallion Studs EBF Stonehenge Stakes at Salisbury, Darley's first-season sire Palace Pier was almost guaranteed to make his breakthrough in black-type company and so it proved as Morris Dancer led home A Bit Of Spirit for a neat one-two.

Runner-up in the Vintage at Goodwood last month, Godolphin's homebred surprisingly drifted to 11-10 second favouritism to see off the Clive Cox-trained 5-6 market-leader and after taking over from that peer approaching the furlong pole drew away to do so by four lengths.

“He ran a huge race at Goodwood and he's learning on the job, is very genuine and straightforward,” jockey William Buick said. “It was a far-run race and you can take a bit out of it–there was no bias and so you can take that form seriously. He won't mind a bit of juice in the ground and he can go back to seven furlongs or stay at a mile.”

Morris Dancer (Palace Pier) dominates in the Listed @BritishEBF Stonehenge Stakes for John & Thady Gosden, @WilliamBuickX and @godolphin @salisburyraces pic.twitter.com/LBUCaJRPrj

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