Santa can put Aiden seven up in theGuineas
Santa Barbara can live up to her tall reputation by providing Aidan O'Brien with a seventh victory in the Qipco 1000 Guineas.
It is 16 years since the master of Ballydoyle first landed the fillies' Classic with Virginia Waters, since when he has added to hist ally with Homecoming Queen, Minding, Winter, Hermosa and last year's brilliant winner Love.
Santa Barbara certainly looked the part when making a successful racecourse debut at the Curragh in September but having not run since, few could have expected her to be a short-priced favourite to claim Guineas glory over Newmarket's Rowley Mile.
The reason behind her tumbling odds in recent weeks has been unusually bullish reports from her trainer, with O'Brien stating his filly had done "unbelievably well" over the winter, and has been "toying with horses" in her work at home.
So while in form terms alone she hardly deserves her place at the top of the market, such comments from one of the most successful trainers in the history of the sport have to be taken very seriously.
The fact that O'Brien has decided against giving her a prep run - instead displaying enough faith in the daughter of Camelot to run her in the 1000 Guineas off the back of a solitary juvenile outing-speaks volumes about the regard in which she is held.
No prizes for originality, but Santa Barbara is expected to prove very hard to beat.
The main supporting race on the card is the preceding Bet fair Dahlia Stakes, in which Lavender's Blue should make her presence felt.
Already a winner at the track, having made a successful debut here a couple of seasons ago, Amanda Perrett's mare made a smart start to the current campaign in the Listed Snowdrop Fillies' Stakes at Kempton almost four weeks ago.
That outing should leave her cherry-ripe for a Group Two contest, while a couple of her biggest rivals are running for the first time since the autumn.
Lavender's Blue has proved she handles the undulations of New market and quick ground, so with the benefit of that recent outing, she looks a solid betting proposition.
Sea Karats gets the nod in the Betfair Pretty Polly Stakes.
The daughter of Sea The Stars is a full-sister to exciting stablemate Al Aasy, who made a hugely impressive start to his campaign in the Group Three John Porter at Newbury a couple of weeks ago.
Sea Karats was backed as if defeat was out of the question on her racecourse debut at the same track two days earlier.
While odds-on backers ultimatelyhad their fingers burnt, with the three-year-old finishing a narrowly beaten third, she may well have come out on top with a clear run, and remains a filly of considerable potential.