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Norfolk Stakes next up for Noche

Noche Magica (nearest) fights out the finish of the Marble Hill StakesNoche Magica (nearest) fights out the finish of the Marble Hill Stakes
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Trainer Paddy Twomey has identified the Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot next month as the target for his speedy juvenile Noche Magica.

An impressive winner on debut at Cork, he was beaten by just a head when stepped up in trip to six-furlongs for the Marble Hill Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday.

"He won well over five in Cork and he shows us that blistering speed," Twomey said.

"The Marble Hill was a fact-finding mission. He travelled and did everything right. He got to the front and just got nutted at the death.

"His mother is a sister of Dandy Man and the family is all speed. I'd say we will go for the Norfolk.

"I was the most disappointed man at the Curragh but going forward he probably did me a favour. I would have run him in the Coventry if he had won but now we will go for the Norfolk."

Additional reporting by Alan Magee