Godolphin's Ihtimal could bid for a far more famous Classic after proving her superiority in the Listed UAE 1000 Guineas at Meydan.

Campaigned busily in Britain last season by Saeed bin Suroor, she had won both the Sweet Solera and May Hill Stakes before posting a thoroughly respectable third behind Chriselliam in the Fillies' Mile.

The 5-4 favourite was settled midfield by Silvestre de Sousa on Thursday as Magroora led the pack but Ihtimal gathered momentum to score by 3-1/4 lengths going away.

"She's tiny but she has a real turn of foot and she handled the surface," Bin Suroor said.

"We have some nice fillies here and in England but she's the best one. We'll have to talk to Sheikh Mohammed, but I think she will have one more run here (possibly UAE Oaks) and then the target is the English Guineas."