Wasseema poised to justify support

BACKING a horse who was third on her only appearance to date in a Group Three race against established performers would usually lead to the road to ruin.

However, the noises coming out of Newmarket suggest that Wasseema, who goes in the Shadwell Nell Gwyn Stakes at Headquarters today, is no normal three-year-old.

She has already been backed to win the 1000 Guineas and is now as low as 12-1 with some major firms for the fillies’ Classic, so if she is not up to winning this on her reappearance there will be some long faces in the Sir Michael Stoute yard.