Juddmonte Farms produce an endless stream of blueblood thoroughbreds, but even by their standards Legacy Link is a beauty and she staked her claim for the Group I Epsom Oaks next month when taking out the Group III York Musidora Stakes (1m 2 ½ f) overnight.
The sixth stakes-winning 3YO this year for Dubawi, who is now 24 years old, Legacy Link was making her seasonal return after a three start juvenile campaign that saw her win a modest nove race at Haydock and run fourth in the Group I Newmarket Fillies Mile.
Trained by John and Thady Gosden and ridden by Colin Keane, Legacy Link raced a little fresh and looked set to run second when she was challenged by runner-up Felicitas, but she showed real tenacity to fight back and win by three-quarters of a length.
“I think it was a very good trial and I liked the way Legacy Link fought her way back and galloped out strongly. Colin [Keane] feels she should go to Epsom, I mentioned the Prix Diane before but all being well we'll go to Epsom,” said John Gosden.
“She's got a great mind on her but she was short of match practice. I'd like to have got a run into her earlier but there was nowhere to go.”
Legacy Link is the first winner for Chiasma, a winning sibling to champion racehorse and sire Frankel as well as triple Group I winner Noble Mission, Group III winner Bullet Train and stakes-winner Joyeuse.
Legacy Link has had her price for the Epsom Oaks cut to 5-1 with current race favourite Camelot filly Amelia Earhart.
She is the 28th stakes-winner bred on the very successful Dubawi x Galileo cross that runs at nearly 20% SW to runner with three Group I winners bred this way in Ghaiyyath, Night of Thunder and Henry Longfellow, who shuttles to Rosemont Stud for the second time this spring.
