Ladies first in Nell Gwyn
Trained in North Yorkshire by Geoff Oldroyd, the Monsieur Bond filly ran a blinder when third in the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot.
That race has not worked out particularly well but Oldroyd’s pride and joy showed she was going the right way when rounding off her season with victory against the colts in the Two-Year-Old Trophy at Redcar, making full use of a hefty weight allowance.
Seven furlongs is an unknown and she might turn out to be a sprinter but, at the likely prices, it is well worth chancing she will stay and reverse Royal running with Maqaasid.
Specific Gravity can strike for Henry Cecil in the Blue Square Feilden Stakes.
The twice-raced Dansili colt looks capable of taking high rank in a powerful Warren Place team this season judged on his two juvenile efforts.
He was a promising fourth first time up at Yarmouth and built on that when winning with real authority at Nottingham.
That race saw him account for stablemate Glencadam Gold by six lengths, form boosted when the runner-up came out to win himself at Redcar.
Those runs were both over a mile on softish ground so while it has been dry, watering by officials at HQ should hopefully mean the Rowley Mile is not too quick.
Instance looked full of potential when winning her sole start at two and she can bag a valuable prize in the Tattersalls Millions 3-Y-O Sprint.
Rerouted can give Barry Hills a third successive win in the Bet At bluesq.com European Free Handicap.
This is a trappy renewal, but the selection is a tough sort and progressed through handicaps last term to land a Group Three over this course and distance.
He rounded off his season with an excellent fourth behind Roderic O’Connor in the Group One Criterium International at Saint-Cloud.
