Formal justified the promise she showed as a juvenile when streaking away with the Nyetimber Surrey Stakes at Epsom.

Winner of her first two starts for the now retired Sir Michael Stoute, she is now with Andrew Balding but disappointed first time out for her new yard in the Fred Darling at Newbury.

Supported into 9-4 joint-favouritism, Oisin Murphy tracked The Waco Kid until breezing to the front early in the straight, beating Saqqara Sands by a length and a half.

“I thought she ran well in the Fred Darling, but it was a funny race and she got impeded at a vital stage and didn’t give her true running,” said Balding.

“It made our decision easy and we skipped any idea of a Guineas and rebooted and this became the obvious choice. It’s a relief to see her win like that.

“She had been quit

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