The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Sun can put Rasen rivals in the shade
Tips: Four-year-old is bright prospect as she bids to maintain unbeaten record
SUNSHADE looks a horse to follow as she lines up in the Ashes Betting At 188Bet Novices’ Hurdle at Market Rasen.
The four-year-old, who is owned by the Queen, has won each of her two starts to date in fine style, claiming a bumper by six lengths at Fakenham back in April while she triumphed by the same distance on her hurdles bow last month.
That Ludlow success looked very decent, taking it up at the last before galloping on well to the line to win a shade cosily with a couple of good yardsticks in behind.
Nicky Henderson will surely be aiming to step up in grade if Sunshade can maintain her unbeaten record here.
SIBILANCE has so far saved her best efforts for all-weather surfaces and she can make the most of a return to the Polytrack in the Bet toteexacta At betfred.com Handicap at Chelmsford.
Ralph Beckett’s charge has won each of her two starts on the artificial tracks so far and the trainer was clearly suitably impressed as he quickly ratcheted up to Listed level as she made her turf debut.
Her initial effort at York was decent as she finished third, but subsequent dates at Royal Ascot and in Group Three company at Doncaster’s St Leger meeting yielded little joy and sights have been lowered again now.
Sibilance shaped with promise on her return to handicap level at Ascot, finishing third but perhaps just lacking a touch of pace on easy conditions that day.
The handicapper has actually dropped her 2lb for that run and that could prove a handy little pull in this event.
SELECTIONS: CHELMSFORD: 5.25 Magic Pulse, 5.55 Mushtaq, 6.25 Born To Finish, 7.00 SIBILANCE (NAP), 7.30 Fire Diamond, 8.00 Venetian Proposal, 8.30 Captain Peaky, 9.00 Silver Penny.
MARKET RASEN: 12.20 Special Relation, 12.50 Sunshade, 1.20 Iona Days, 1.55 Solighoster, 2.25 Aviator, 3.00 Wells Gold, 3.30 Roxyfet.
DOUBLE: Sibilance and Sunshade.