Channon Hoping For Third Cheveley Park With Silca Chiave

Silca Chiave will bid to give Mick Channon his third victory in the Sky Bet Cheveley Park Stakes in eight years, following the wins of Seazun in 1999 and Queen´s Logic in 2001, when she contests the Group One fillies event at Newmarket on Friday, September 29, for which 12 entries have been received.

The daughter of Pivotal followed a Newbury maiden over six furlongs on August 18 by running an absolute cracker over an extra furlong in the Group One Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh nine days later, going down by a short-head to Miss Beatrix.

That form has been franked by the winner going on to beat the colts impressively in the very valuable Goffs Million at the Curragh earlier this month, and Channon is confident that his charge will acquit herself well in the Newmarket contest despite reverting back to six furlongs.

'We always thought Silca Chiave was a good filly - it was just a question of which route we went with her. I thought it was worth having a cut at the Moyglare and she only got beat by a short-head,' the trainer commented this morning.

'I´m not at all worried about the drop down in trip in the Sky Bet Cheveley Park Stakes - six or seven furlongs come the same to her.

'It´s a proper race on Friday and very competitive, and we´ll have to see what happens. It won´t be easy but I´m very hopeful and I think she goes there with a good chance.'

Silca Chiave´s opponents include the Jeremy Noseda-trained Sander Camillo, the explosive five-length winner of the Group Two Cherry Hinton Stakes at Newmarket on July 12, and Indian Ink, trained by Richard Hannon, who sauntered to a three-length victory in the Watership Down Stud Sales Stakes at Ascot on September 22.

Brian Meehan, successful for the past two seasons with Donna Blini last year and Magical Romance in 2004, has entered Group Three Sirenia Stakes heroine Dhanyata, while John Dunlop saddles both Group Three Princess Margaret Stakes scorer Scarlet Runner and Wid, second to Vital Statistics in a Listed event at Salisbury last time out.

The Robert Collet-trained Beauty Is Truth, victorious in Group Three company at Chantilly on September 6, and Magic America, second to Dutch Art in the Group One Prix Morny at Deauville on August 20 for Criquette Head-Maarek, represent France, while Aidan O´Brien sends maiden Theann over from Ireland.

The line-up is completed by Barry Hills´ La Presse, third in the Group Three Firth Of Clyde Stakes at Ayr on September 16, and Tim Pitt´s twice-raced Blue Rocket.