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“Alflaila clearly loves it here and I really do think he has a Group 1 in him."

Shadwell’s consistent and high-class homebred Alflaila secured his fifth black-type race with a decisive victory over smart performers King’s Gambit and Passenger in the Group 2 York Stakes at York on Saturday.

This was his second consecutive success in the always competitive contest.

The Owen Burrows-trained five-year-old, who finished fourth in the Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot on his seasonal reappearance, has now won seven races and more than £430,000 in prize-money.

Alflaila could now line up in the Juddmonte International at York, a course over which he has won three times and finished second in only four starts.

Jim Crowley, Shadwell’s retained jockey who partnered the horse at the weekend, reported: “Alflaila clearly loves it here and I really do think he has a Group 1 in him.

"He was very unlucky in the Irish Champion Stakes last year. I got behind, the horses in front of me came back, and it was a mess of a race. Owen's done a great job bringing him back from that.

“I thought it was a really good run at Royal Ascot when he wasn't tip-top going into there, and to run fourth in the Prince of Wales's was great. I believe he'll probably take another step forward from today.”

Alflaila is by Dark Angel out of the Listed-placed Oasis Dream mare Adhwaa, who in turn is a half-sister to German Listed winner Shaqira out of Cheshire Oaks heroine Hammiya.