Nemoralia much too good at York Nemoralia proved a different class to her opponents in the Longines Irish Champions Weekend Fillies' Stakes at York. Jeremy Noseda's American-bred filly won twice from four starts in Britain as a juvenile before a couple of excellent efforts at the highest level across the Atlantic, placing in the Frizette Stakes at Belmont and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Keeneland. After being sent off the 6-5 favourite for her seasonal reappearance in this Listed event, the three-year-old was always travelling powerfully under an ultra-confident Frankie Dettori. Once asked to extend, Nemoralia did so with the minimum of fuss and passed the post six lengths clear of Aljuljalah in second. Thetis ran with promise in third on her first start since last September. It was a fifth winner in three days at York for Dettori, who said: "She's a nice filly and she loved this top of the ground. She won like a good filly today. Sometimes you get disappointed, but when they pick up like this it's a joy." Noseda said: " She's been working well and nothing really went right for her in America. I felt she could have won the Breeders' Cup, but she had a setback two weeks before it and they had a lot of rain. "She's shown (today) what I thought she was capable of. I came here expecting to win, but obviously you hope they do it in that sort of manner. "I didn't get drawn to training her for a Guineas - I didn't want any part of Minding - and since the Breeders' Cup the plan has been to come here and then Royal Ascot (Coronation Stakes). "I've been thrilled with her at home and I'd hope she'll improve." Part-owner Charlie Pigram said: "She's grown up this year. Last year she did very well and we were frightened about today, but this was her stepping-stone. "We're living the dream. I've come from nowhere, we've got this horse and we're up there now with the big boys. We've got one dart and hit the bullseye." Discreet Hero came from last to first to give trainer Simon Crisford his first York winner in the Ralph Raper Memorial Handicap. The former long-time racing manager for Godolphin is in his second season with a licence and has a speedy sort in Discreet Hero (8-1), who was fit from three runs on the all-weather already this year. He was delivered with a well-timed run to mow down the opposition and get up in the last 100 yards to score by a length and a half from El Astronaute, with Paddy Power a short head away in third. "We didn't think he had a very good draw in 15. He's a horse that needs to be dropped out and finishing late, but I managed to get him across and he travelled great through the race," said jockey Andrea Atzeni. "When I asked him to quicken he picked up well and when he got to the front he thought he'd done enough. He did it quite cosily and he likes fast ground. I'd say he's a better horse on the grass than the all-weather. "A horse like him that needs to be held up, it's hard on the all-weather when they go round a bend. When they go quick like here it suits him and he can come through horses."
