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Lady Tilbury to bypass Doncaster for Dundalk

Lady Tilbury, rightLady Tilbury, right
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Lady Tilbury is set to skip a Listed engagement at Doncaster on Sunday due to ground conditions, but has a couple of options in Dundalk before heading to the Sales.

David Marnane's filly has had a productive year with a pair of victories at Tipperary and a placed effort in Listed class at Navan.

“Lady Tilbury won’t go to Doncaster (for the Listed Scarbrough Stakes on Sunday) as they got a lot of rain. She’ll go for a conditions race in Dundalk and then back for the Mercury Stakes (Group 3 in Dundalk)," Marnane said.

“That will be her last run before she goes to the Sales.

“She was second to a Stakes filly in Dundalk and was fourth in a Listed race last year when she was probably gone a little bit over the top, so I have no real fear of the track.

“I would love to have brought her to Doncaster if it was a fast five, but it wasn’t to be.”

Additional reporting by Alan Magee

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