Dual Group 1 Winner Kalpana Makes Successful Return at Newbury

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Juddmonte's dual G1 British Champions Fillies & Mares heroine Kalpana (Study Of Man) made a successful return to action by defeating five rivals in a hot renewal of Saturday's G3 Sky Sports Racing Aston Park Stakes at Newbury, repeating her win in last year's edition.In the money in all bar one of 14 prior starts, the 11-10 pick was forced to knuckle down in the 12-furlong contest and registered a neck verdict from the multiple Group 1-placed West Wind Blows (Teofilo).The eventual winner broke on the lead and was allowed to find her rhythm under Colin Keane, shuffling back to race last of the five runners after a half-mile.Making smooth progress in the home straight, she eased by the pacesetting West Wind Blows approaching the final quarter-mile and came under forceful urging in the closing stages to hold that rallying rival in game fashion. The pair pulled 11 lengths clear of third home Arabian Force (Lope De Vega). Never in doubt! Kalpana – all class! https://t.co/CRb0s5ZDq4 pic.twitter.com/0NPkisrtlH— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) May 16, 2026 Pedigree NotesKalpana, the eighth of 11 foals, is the leading performer from six scorers out of Listed Prix Petite Etoile victrix Zero Gravity (Dansili), herself a full-sister to G1 Grand Prix de Paris-winning sire Zambezi Sun and the dual stakes-placed Shared Account.Zero Gravity is also a half-sister to G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano victor Kalabar (Kahyasi) and the multiple Group-placed G2 Prix Eugene Adam runner-up World Heritage (Kahyasi).Shared Account is the dam of four stakes performers headed by dual Group 3 winner Better Together (Oasis Dream) and G3 Prix des Reservoirs and GIII Athenia Stakes victrix Pocket Square (Night Of Thunder).The winner, who hails from the family of G1 July Cup and G1 Prix de l'Abbaye hero Continent (Lake Coniston), is kin to the three-year-old filly Seet (Too Darn Hot), who shed maiden status at Wolverhampton last week, and a yearling filly by Chaldean.The post Dual Group 1 Winner Kalpana Makes Successful Return at Newbury appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.