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Senorita Bonita shines in Duchess of Cambridge Stakes

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Last Updated: Fri 10 Jul 2026

Senorita Bonita gained compensation for her Royal Ascot near-miss when flying home impressively in the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes at Newmarket on Friday.

Trained by Simon and Ed Crisford, who won this race with Arabian Dusk in 2024, the 900,000 guineas purchase was top lot at the Craven Breeze-Up sale and made a winning start at Nottingham in early June.

She found just Aidan O’Brien’s Victorious too good in the Queen Mary Stakes at the Royal meeting, but was sent off 9-4 to go one better in the hands of Oisin Murphy on the July course, stepping up in distance to six furlongs.

Having raced somewhat keenly following an early bump, she soon settled down and after tracking the early pace, Senorita Bonita found herself ideally placed to demonstrate her electric turn of foot, lowering the colours of Albany Stakes winner and 10-11 favourite Libertango by three-quarters of a length.

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