GOODWOOD 15:10

All 5 ran.

Time: 2m 5.05s Closing Sectional: (3f): 35.4s (107.4%)

Overrounds: Industry SP 115%, Betfair SP 100.7%

A thinner than usual renewal of this leading Group 1 for fillies and mares, certainly in terms of competition, indicative of Minding's dominance of the division, made to work harder than might have been expected by the improving runner-up but there was an air of inevitability about the result all the way up the straight, even after a brief moment of concern when she was hampered and shuffled back; the early pace was muddling with matters only beginning in earnest from 3f out, the field still well grouped at that stage before Minding hit top gear, soon stamping her authority.

MINDING (IRE) has now contested 7 Group 1s in a row, winning 6 of them, setting a clear standard and not needing to be at her very best on this occasion but it was still a taking performance, put on the back foot after meeting some trouble but coping serenely with that adversity, only doing enough once the race was in the bag; tracked pace, travelled fluently, hampered and shuffled back early in straight, steady headway 3f out, produced to lead under 2f out, asserted soon after and kept on well, won readily; comfortably the best 3-y-o filly around, she has plenty of options open to her for the remainder of the season, including a potentially mouthwatering clash with the opposite sex, sure to prove hard to beat wherever she does appear next.

QUEEN'S TRUST showed much improved form to make Minding work harder than was expected, lacking a change of gear back down in trip when the winner asserted but sticking to her task late on, suggesting that she may prove best over slightly further; chased leaders, travelled well, close up 3f out, ridden 2f out, every chance soon after, kept on; will benefit from return to 1½m and may do better still, already smart after just 5 starts and in excellent hands.

JEMAYEL (IRE) wasn't disgraced on form in the Prix de Diane, for all that she finished down the field, but she ran her best race to date back in cheekpieces, albeit carrying little threat; raced off the pace, headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on; she won a fairly weak Group 1 in May and is likely to come up short against the best at this level.

SWISS RANGE back in a hood, settled better than in the Prix de Diane, allowed to stride on in this smaller field, but she ran below form, yet to go on from her taking win in the Pretty Polly as was expected at the time, though it is still early days; led, joined 3f out, headed under 2f out, weakened.

BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE back down in trip and in a first-time visor, followed a below-par effort at Royal Ascot with an even worse one, shaping in similar fashion; dwelt but recovered to race in touch, headway over 4f out, hampering Minding in the process, struggling over 2f out, weakened and eased off; she is developing something of an all-or-nothing profile.