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Dettori wants Star to show some more

Frankie DettoriFrankie Dettori
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Frankie Dettori feels Star Of Seville needs to put in a career-best performance if she is to win the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York on Wednesday.

The John Gosden-trained three-year-old takes on four rivals in the Group Three mile-and-a-quarter contest as she looks to strengthen her claims for next month's Investec Oaks.

After breaking her maiden tag on her final run of the season at Doncaster in October, Star Of Seville made an impressive return to action when making all of the running in a 10-furlong conditions event at Newbury last month.

Dettori said: "She won a race at Newbury and has done everything well. She is taking on a Group One winner (Together Forever) so needs a personal best."

Charlie Hills expects the race to determine how good Doncaster maiden winner Pandora is.

Unraced as a two-year-old, the daughter of Galileo defied her 25-1 price tag to create a favourable impression when scoring at the first time of asking on the opening day of the Flat season on Town Moor in March.

Hills said: "She seems in good form and I have been pleased with her since Doncaster. I was encouraged by her performance and she obviously stays well.

"They went a good, solid gallop in the race and she showed a nice turn of foot at the end.

"She has got to step up on that in the trial, but she has done nothing wrong and it will tell us what sort of level she is at."

Together Forever will look to start the season how she ended the previous one, having completed a hat-trick of wins with victory in the Fillies' Mile at Newmarket.

Should the Group One winner continue her rapid rate of progression over her first try at the trip, it would hand trainer Aidan O'Brien a first victory in the race.

The field is completed by Pretty Polly Stakes third Amaze Me from the yard of Nick Littmoden, and the Richard Fahey-trained Southwell maiden winner La Dorotea.