Ruffina displayed her known dazzle and was back to being herself while winning the Darashaw Million in style. She obviously had put her Guineas loss behind and won this one with yet another blinding gallop at the business end.
Ruffina was in the mid-bunch on settling down with Celtic Prince showing good early speed to head them all into the straight. Celtic Prince galloped further ahead in the straight opening up a good lead, but the others started to catch up soon.
Ship Rock was well poised but was over powered by Your Royal Majesty and Dancing Prances was making his move along the rails. Ruffina switched out by David Allan, got going the moment the jockey alerted her and she unleashed a terrific burst that floored them all. Ruffina vanquished the opposition completely and even this star-studded set of rivals looked pedestrian with Ruffina’s scorching burst of speed, the two and half kilo over she was carrying notwithstanding. Ruffina proved yet again that she is special and her next target would obviously be the Sprinters’ Cup. I just might be tempted to pitch her for the Super Mile the following day, after witnessing her blinding finish in this tough set.
