Bahamian Babe makes it three under Hayley Bahamian Babe showed bags of toe and a battling attitude to maintain her unbeaten record in the Langleys Solicitors EBF Marygate Stakes at York. Sent off at 6-1, the mount of Hayley Turner was always to the fore in the five-furlong dash and took the lead outright at around the distance marker. She was strongly pressed by Langs Lash and the fast-finishing Aspen Darlin close home, but stuck her neck out to see off the former by half a length. The winner earned quotes of 8-1 and 12s for the Queen Mary from Coral and Stan James respectively. Georgina Bell, wife of winning trainer Michael, said: "Hopefully we can get our hats on and head to Royal Ascot now. "The Super Sprint had been mentioned but Michael said if she won we´d go to the Queen Mary. "Hayley gave her a beautiful ride." Turner added: "I rode her last time at Thirsk and it was slow ground that day and she hung through the closing stages. "But better ground helped her and she didn´t hang at all."
