Novellara on course for Goodwood

Novellara, Henry Cecil’s unexposed half-sister to 1997 Oaks winner Reams Of Verse, is likely to step up to a mile and six furlongs as she bids for her first Group Three success in the Lillie Langtry Fillies’ Stakes at Goodwood on Thursday.

Khalid Abdulla’s promising twice-raced Sadler’s Wells filly made a winning debut in a 10-furlong Salisbury maiden in May before taking a big leap in class on her next start in the Group Two Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot.