Freya firms for Empress title but there could still be a value play

SILVERHILL FREYA has firmed in the market for Sunday's £10,000 bet365 Empress Stakes over 500m at Towcester after another dominant performance in the semis.

Graham Holland's bitch is now 8/15 with the sponsor after beating Chakra by five lengths, again clocking the fastest time of the round even if track conditions were not conducive to a repeat of her sub-29.00sec effort of a week earlier.

Jonathan Kay caught up with Pat Cooney from the sponsor to discuss the state of play ahead of Silverhill Freya attempting to add this title to her Cork Oaks and Shelbourne Christmas Oaks titles.