Dash delight for Katie Scott with Naana’s Shadow Naana’s Shadow got the better of a ding-dong final furlong battle with Schroedinger’s Cat to land the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Dash Handicap at York. The Katie Scott-trained winner took the three-year-old Dash at Epsom on Oaks day last time out and added the Knavesmire version, getting home at odds of 16-5 by a short head under Oisin Murphy. In a race where it paid to be prominent with nothing landing a blow from off the pace, the pair pulled clear in the final 150 yards, with Manatee Mehmas a further two and three-quarter lengths away in third. Scott said: “She’s so fast, there’s nothing else to say and she’s so straightforward. “She helps herself and it was good today to see her do it on quick ground because when they perform really well on slow ground and go back to quick ground they can lose their speed. She’s done absolutely everything right there. “I don’t know how she’s been on a really stiff five, but to be fair she was getting there all the time today, so maybe it will open a few more doors. She’s the fastest horse that I’ve ever sat on. She’s definitely improving and it would be nice to think about black type by the end of the summer.” She added: “This morning at 11.30 there was only 10 in a sprint (HKJC World Pool Battaash Handicap) on Friday at Sandown, so depending how she is she might go. I’d like to see her around Chester, I think it would really suit her.”
