Jack Channon’s Sukanya came from last to first to put a dent in the Classic aspirations of Touleen in the Dubai Duty Free Stakes at Newbury.
Fourth in a Group Three at Goodwood last summer and second afterwards in a Listed contest at Leopardstown, the winner did seemingly have her limitations exposed when finishing down the field on her final outing in the Rockfel Stakes.
Sent off at 16-1, she was set a tough task by David Probert when dropped out right at the rear and having been heavily backed into 5-4 favourite Touleen hit the front for Saffie Osborne at the furlong pole looking the likely winner.
However, she had no answer to Sukanya who really found her stride in the notable 1000 Guineas trial to win by three-quarters of a length.