NATHRA CAN TAKE ATALANTA

Nathra could emerge the leading light in the Atalanta Stakes at Sandown tomorrow.

Trainer John Gosden won the Group Three a year ago with Persuasive and must surely fancy his chances of repeating the dose with this daughter of Iffraaj.

Runner-up in the Fillies’ Mile as a juvenile, the fouryear-old has perhaps not quite kicked on as one might have expected. But she ably demonstrated at Newbury last time that there are still good races to be won with her.

Nathra was having just her second run of the year in the Hungerford Stakes – her seasonal debut can be forgotten about as she had no luck whatsoever – and she stayed on nicely to get to within two and a quarter lengths of Masaat.

That was an especially pleasing effort as she probably found seven furlongs too sharp, even in spite of the soft ground.

Gosden has made the utterly obvious decision to step back up to a mile in the Atalanta, and it should eke out just enough improvement to get her head in front.

Nathra is a proven operator when the mud is flying, but she is not a onedimensional horse in that respect as she finished runner-up in the French 1000 Guineas on a decent surface.

There are an awful lot of positives in an openlooking race and she should be backed.

The Solario Stakes is always a tricky one, but there could be some mileage in supporting Masar. Godolphin’s young colt won a most informative novice stakes at Goodwood on his debut and was then third in the Listed Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot behind September and Nyaleti.

Judicial can lay down the law in the totescoop6 Beverley Bullet.

Julie Camacho’s sprinter has soared through the ratings this season and broke the fivefurlong course record over this course and distance and at Pontefract.

He has since shown to be quite capable at Listed level in races at York and at Chester, but, perhaps crucially, conditions have not been exactly in his favour.

Who Dares Wins would not be winning out of turn in the corbettsports.com Chester Stakes on the Roodee at Chester.