This year's Sweet Solera Stakes at Newmarket was more Group 2 than Group 3, so, in the circumstances, we were not too disappointed to see Musharakaat finish only fifth behind White Moonshine in such a hit renewal.
Musharakaat, who had been impressive when winning her debut on the Polytrack at Kempton, travelled well for much of the way at HQ, if a touch keen, but, like most of the Ifraaj progeny, she would probably have preferred faster ground than she encountered here, and she tired in the soft going in the closing stages and just lost out by a neck for fourth place. She'll be back on dryer ground, and Ed still thinks that she is a decent filly.