Timeforshowcasing advertises her credentials at Newcastle

Charlie Johnston could be tempted to have a tilt at a 1000 Guineas with Timeforshowcasing after she beat the boys in the £100,000 BetMGM Burradon Stakes at Newcastle.

Not beaten far in the May Hill last season, the Jaber Abdullah-owned filly won three of her five starts in all but drifted alarmingly in the betting for this Listed affair.

That did not deter Johnston, though, who having thought she was a big price in the morning at 8-1, went in again as she continued to drift right out to 25-1.

Having travelled smoothly in the hands of Callum Shepherd, she had to be tough in the closing stages to see off the once-raced Padraig Dawn (18-1) by a neck in a Placepot-busting opener to the card.

“All day I’ve been thinking ‘what do people know that I don’t?’, because this filly worked last Thursday and I thought she was in phenomenal order,” said Johnston.

“She was 6-1, went out to 10-1, then 16s and she’s won at 25-1. I hope my bookmaker gives best odds guaranteed! I backed her, twice, because I couldn’t believe how much she drifted.

“She’s a filly we always loved last year, she won her first two and then we probably asked her questions she wasn’t ready for at the time in Group company, but when she stepped down slightly in class she won well at Goodwood.”

He added: “We’ve made all the ambitious entries for her, she’s in the English and Irish Guineas and I felt we had to come somewhere to warrant going for one of those and I thought this was the obvious starting point.

“I’m delighted she’s done the job and we’ll see what the owners want to do, she won’t be out of place in a Guineas, albeit she’d have a bit to find.

“She’s very straightforward, has a great mentality, was tough there when she needed to be and she stays well.

“If all the big guns bang heads at Newmarket then the Irish Guineas might be an option as she won with a bit of dig in the ground at Goodwood last year.”