Brook to cash in again
Going: Good-good to firm in places Draw: No significant advantage Jackpot meeting
LADY SANSA SEEN THE LYTE BOMB PROOF
ALMANIA BILLESDON BROOK ISABELLA GILES
CAMPARI STAR SHIELD
Billesdon Brook can land another high-profile success in the Betfred British EBF Valiant Fillies’ Stakes at Ascot.
The selection needs little introduction as a dual Group One winner, with her finest hour coming in the 1000 Guineas in 2018, while she added another big win the following year in the Sun Chariot.
Richard Hannon rates her nearly unbeatable when she is at her best, and many a fine effort adorns her CV - and she just missed out on another Group Onewhen touched off by Nazeef in the Falmouth Stakes at the July meeting.
She took a couple of runs to hit top gear last season - and now the daughter of Champs Elysees has apparently found her groove again, this Group Three affair looks a great opportunity.
The Princess Margaret Betfred Stakes is an intriguing puzzle, with preference just about for Santosha.
She is one of two runners, alongside Caroline Dale, for David Loughnane - who must be thrilled to have two fillies of such quality in his yard.
Caroline Dale was third in the Queen Mary, which is a recommendation in itself, but Santosha really did run a race chock-full of promise when third to Dandalla and Fev Rover in the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes at Newmarket.
That was just her second career start, so there was huge merit to finish so close to the Albany Stakes winner, and the runner-up has already further advertised the form in picking up a Listed race at Sandown.
Bomb Proof has been just that so far in his lightly-raced career, and he can make it three from three in the Play Nifty Fifty Exclusively At Betfred Handicap.
He burst on to the scene at York’s Dante meeting last season, after which Frankie Dettori was waxing lyrical about the speedy colt.
In those days, he was trained by Jeremy Noseda - but since his retirement, Bomb Proof has been moved across Newmarket to James Fanshawe.
A son of Society Rock, Bomb Proof was favourite for the Windsor Castle this time last year. But injury ruled him out of the meeting, and it must have been a pretty serious setback to keep him off for a year.