Surprisingly can step forward at Naas

Surprisingly can build on the promise of her debut fourth at the Curragh just a fortnight ago by taking the final race on this afternoon’s card at Naas.

The Dermot Weld-trained filly was the subject of positive reports prior to that start, but had to settle for fourth place behind the impressive Line De Vega.

With another highly regarded sort in second place, the likelihood is it was a decent race, and it’s reasonable to expect the selection to take a significant step forward from that effort. This looks a much more manageable assignment for the three-year-old daughter of Galileo, and she is preferred to Shalamanka, who well beaten into third place behind Waarif on debut, at Dundalk, but should take a step forward now.