Nashwa and Doyle deliver in Nassau Stakes at Goodwood

Hollie Doyle and Nashwa claimed a second Group One success with a brilliant performance in the Qatar Nassau Stakes at Goodwood.

Following on from a hard fought all-the-way Prix de Diane victory, the John and Thady Gosden-trained filly showed a completely different style of running on this occasion.

Dropped out last in the very early stages behind a slow pace, Doyle gradually moved closer to the main body of runners.

However, that meant Nashwa had to make up the ground in the hottest part of the race when all her rivals were also quickening – but she was well up to the task.

As Dreamloper faded Fonteyn and Aristia were the main challengers, but Nashwa had too many guns and the 6-5 favourite beat Aristia by a length and three-quarters.

Doyle's husband, Tom Marquand, finished third on Lilac Road.

"It's pretty awesome. She gave me some feel then," said Doyle, who was becoming the first woman to ride the winner of the Goodwood feature.

"We were drawn badly today, I rode her aggressively in France as we had a good draw so I wanted to hold my position. Today, in between her work from her previous run she knows what she is doing here, so I didn’t want to light her up and ride her from a pace angle, so Mr Gosden told me to ride her that way today.

"I came down the hill with a double handful and she travels very well, but she takes a while to hit top gear. I was conscious about keeping her balanced down the hill.

"This is her perfect trip. She has a high cruising speed and sees it out very well."

Gosden senior said: "We were drawn nine and we didn’t want to get caught on the outside with daylight.

"We’ve relaxed at the back in last and what they’ve done is suddenly pull the pace up and if you look at the fractions, they did two 14-second