Miracles set to make all

This afternoon’s running of the I-Shares Fillies’ Stakes at Goodwood looks a higher class renewal than last year and therefore it’s hard to reason why any of the three older fillies, Polly’s Mark (second), Motrice (third) and Ship’s Biscuit (fourth) ought to come out on top this time.

Polly’s Mark finished comfortably clear of the other pair, when proving no match whatsoever for easy winner Eastern Aria, and though Motrice might have some claims to reversing the form and boasts place prospects at a decent price, it’d be disappointing were any of the three capable of getting their heads in front today.

Wild Coco, a hat-trick seeking stable companion of Sussex Stakes winner Frankel, will be sent off favourite — and probably deservedly so. The three-year-old made her racecourse debut in May but has developed into a really smart lady. The official distance was only half a length when she got the better of one of today’s rivals, Meeznah, in a listed race at Haydock last time out but she was value for more than the winning margin and has more scope for improvement than has the runner-up.