вЂњThis is her sternest test as she is stepping up into the big league at Group One level. вЂњI havenвЂ™t got a clue what else is running вЂ“ I never do! What other trainers are doing is their business and my job is to get this filly there on Saturday in good health and if she rocks up and does what she has been doing all summer then happy days. She has rocked up four times and won four times, so we canвЂ™t knock our filly. He explained: вЂњI see she is 2-1 favourite for the Cheveley Park. Lyons admits this SaturdayвЂ™s race will be his star fillyвЂ™s вЂњsternest testвЂќ but insists that is based on it being a Group One contest rather than who her rivals may be. We are asking a huge question of her on Saturday, but I donвЂ™t think she is going to be out of her depth.вЂќ In the Round Tower, I thought the way she did it in Group company was visually spectacular and it was also fast ground which I think is the key to her. вЂњShe is honest but I was always expecting something to beat her, but the last day I got a wow off her and thought, вЂOK, you deserve your place at the top table and letвЂ™s see how that plays outвЂ™. She saw out the tough Ballyhane race well but was I thinking вЂis she is a Group One filly?вЂ™ No. The only time I got a wow off her was the last day. She went to her maiden with the usual rules of weвЂ™ll see how she performs, hopefully she will improve for the experience and weвЂ™ll see where it goes. I never went to the races with her cocky that I was going to win. вЂњSacred Bridge has just rocked up at the races. I had her down as more of a mile filly but the more we ran her, the faster she got. I never had Lightening Pearl down as a Group One or a Cheveley Park horse really. He said: вЂњLightening Pearl and Sacred Bridge would be similar, although Sacred Bridge is more precocious. While all four of her successes have come over six furlongs, Lyons revealed today that it was not until her most recent victory that he thought Sacred Bridge was something out of the ordinary. She then saw off 21 rivals to land the Ballyhane Stakes, a median auction race, back at Naas in early August which was followed by a first Pattern race triumph in the Group Three Round Tower Stakes at the Curragh on August 27 th. Homebred by Juddmonte, two year old Bated Breath filly Sacred Bridge began her career with success in a Naas maiden on June 23 rd, following up with victory in the Listed Tipperary Stakes a week later.

Lyons, who is based in County Meath, is no stranger to success in the six-furlong contest, having saddled Lightening Pearl вЂ“ his first Group One winner - to glory a decade ago. Ger Lyons believes the unbeaten Sacred Bridgehas the вЂњwow factorвЂќ ahead of this SaturdayвЂ™s ( September 25 th ) Group One Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes.

Wow a bridge too far