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Sacred ‘in a better place’ but Newbury could be final run

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Sacred ‘in a better place’ but Newbury could be final run

Sacred has been campaigned exclusively in Group-race company since making a winning debut at Newmarket in 2020. She has won the Nell Gwyn and the Hungerford Stakes and finished second in the Flying Childers, the Lowther and Queen Mary at Royal Ascot. Chris Richardson, managing director for owners Cheveley Park Stud, admits Friday's seven-furlong contest could be the last chance saloon for Sacred. The filly has failed to build on her last two starts in either the Lennox at Goodwood or the York Stake.

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