Tahiyra (nearest) and Mawj © Photo Healy Racing
Tahiyra is on course for a fascinating rematch with Mawj at Royal Ascot, following her half-a-length defeat to the Saeed bin Suroor-trained filly in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.
Tahiyra went on to win the Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh, and both horses are expected to compete in the Coronation Stakes at Ascot on June 23.
However, the ground conditions at Ascot could be significantly different from the soft ground they raced on at Newmarket, and as Tahiyra has not yet competed on ground faster than good, her trainer, Dermot Weld, will be monitoring the going at Ascot closely.
He said: "She came out of the Guineas well. It was a little bit quick to run her back after the English Guineas, but she's taken it well and at the moment we're all set for the Coronation.
"We'll play it by ear with the weather. We’d hope that they’d water it well, it’s very dry, quick ground but it was lovely ground at the Curragh.
"She's got a wonderful turn of pace. She’s in good order and the current plan is that we’re all set for the Coronation."
Tahiyra is a general 6/4 favourite to reverse the Guineas form at Ascot, with Mawj widely available at odds of 2/1.
