Half sister to Visit takes York Group Three

The Sir Michael Stoute-trained Promising Lead (Danehill - Arrive, by Kahyasi) landed odds of 2-5 when winning the Group Three Middleton Stakes over 1m 2f at York on Thursday, making smooth progress under Ryan Moore in the straight and galloping on to a three-and-three-quarters length success over Under The Rainbow for a first Pattern success.

Promising Lead is a Juddmonte hmebred half sister to Visit out of a full sister to the great Hasili. She was a narrow second to Satwa Queen in the Prix de l'Opera last season.

Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager for Khalid Abdulla, said after the race: "We'll have a look at all the mile-and-a-quarter races open to her and she may stay a mile and a half. We'll look at a combination of them. It's nice that she's got this Group win.

"She was only beaten a nose in the Prix de l'Opera last year. It was agonisingly close and we'll try to put that right. She's done it nicely."