Cobra to produce sting in the tail
This Inchinor colt is certainly bred in the purple being a full-brother to Group One-winner Cape Of Good Hope and a half-sibling to Cape Columbine who was placed in a Group Three.
Although it is early days for Cape Cobra, he showed plenty of promise in the hands of Robert Havlin when fourth behind his stable’s first string in a Newmarket maiden.
The bare form is nothing out of the ordinary and this seven-furlong contest also looks a pretty average affair.
He is sure to have derived considerable benefit from his initial experience and with Jimmy Fortune taking over in the saddle, he can get off the mark at the second time of asking.
An hour later, Sir Michael Stoute looks to have found a decent opening for Gold Hush in the EBF Margadale Fillies’ Handicap.
Pentatonic from the in-form Luca Cumani yard looks a live danger but the concession of 8lb to the runner from Freemason Lodge could be beyond her.
The daughter of Seeking The Gold has been brought along steadily and landed the odds with the minimum of fuss at Thirsk on her seasonal reappearance when suggesting that she would benefit considerably for the step up from a mile.
The form of that race is merely average but she did everything that was asked of her and is sure to have plenty more in the locker.
