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Dramatised made a blistering start to day two at Royal Ascot, beating Maylandsea, Maria Branwell, and Love Reigns to win Queen Mary Stakes while Danny Tudhope rode his third winner of the week, extending his own lead in the jockey’s challenge.
Travelling well under Tudhope, she burst through with a furlong left of the five-furlong sprint. Despite dropping his whip, Tudhope allowed Dramatised to stretch clear of her rivals and she scored by a length-and-three-quarters from Maylandsea, with Maria Branwell a further length-and-a-quarter back in third just ahead of Wesley Ward's Love Reigns.
The Lowther Stakes at York is a likely aim now for Dramatised and trainer Burke believes she can go to the very top.
Jockey Danny Tudhope will not have been fancied by many for leading rider of the week but enjoyed a double on Tuesday and added a third winner to his tally as Karl Burke's filly stretched away from the field and never saw a rival, justifying her 5/2 starting price.
Tudhope told Sky Sports Racing: "It's a huge weight taken off my shoulders for this week. This filly came in with a big reputation and has been training great.”
Burke said: "She's shown us that all the way along, physically since Newmarket she's done nothing but strengthen and improve. I thought she looked in great condition today, she ran like I dared to dream and hope she would.
"It's a great result, it's a great result for Clipper (Logistics), for Steve Parkin and Joe Foley, they're putting a huge amount into the business and they deserve days like this.
"She lengthens and she keeps going. I'm sure she'll stay six furlongs, although Danny said to keep her at five furlongs for the moment.
"There's still more to come from her. She has physically grown over the last two months and she is a very good filly."
On plans, the North Yorkshire handler said: "Her work has been excellent - she's a bit of a diva, so we've just had to keep a lid on her, but she handled everything really well.
Following a nightmare start aboard King's Stand favourite Golden Pal on Tuesday, there was further woe for Irad Ortiz Jr, who was banned for five days for his ride aboard Love Reigns.
Distance 1m 6f 34y (2,847 meters), Surface Turf, Track Right-handed, Qualification Three-year-olds, Weight 9 st 0 lb, Allowances,3 lb for fillies, Penalties,3 lb for G1 winners *,* since 31 August last year, Purse £262,500 (2022),1st: £155,400
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1st Dramatised, K. Burke, D. Tudhope, 2nd Maylandsea, M. Bell-GB, D. Egan, 3rd Maria Branwell, D. O'Meara, K. Shoemark, 4th Love Reigns, W. Ward, I. Ortiz, Jr., 5th Miami Girl, R. Hannon, Jr., R. Ryan, 6th Katey Kontent, C. Cox, A. Kirby, 7th Olivia Maralda, M. O'Callaghan, S. Sousa, 8th Carmela, D. Loughnane, R. Kingscote, 9th Funny Money Honey, F. Guyader, T. Marquand, 10th Lady Tilbury, D. Marnane, G. Carroll, 11th Yahsat, K. Burke, C. Lee, 12th Omniqueen, D. Loughnane, L. Roche, 13th The Platinum Queen, R. Fahey, O. Orr, 14th Manhattan Jungle, A. Murphy, M. Barzalona