Shenanigans can get back to her old tricks

RACING: Varian’s filly returns from month’s break for competitive event

SHENANIGANS can cause a stir in the Listed Ladbrokes Home Of The Odds Boost EBF Fleur De Lys Fillies’ Stakes at Lingfield.

Roger Varian’s four-year-old is one of several in the fast-track qualifier feature who have been campaigned at the same level on turf of late.

Shenanigans, last seen on her travels in Cologne, has a convincing profile at a fair price in what is unsurprisingly a highly-competitive event.

She was below her best and did not reward favourite-backers when only eighth of 10 in the Preis des Casino Baden-Baden, run on soft ground.

She has had a month’s break, though, and if she returns to her most consistent previous form, it should be good enough.

They will be racing five furlongs further half-an-hour later, and STREAM SONG fits the bill in another Listed event, the Ladbrokes Bet £5 Get £20 EBF River Eden Fillies’ Stakes.

John Gosden’s daughter of Mastercraftsman is switched to the allweather for the first time, as are several of her opponents.

Stream Song kicked off her threeyear-old campaign with a narrow handicap victory over 10 furlongs as an evens favourite at Windsor in April. She has raced only twice since. Pitched in at Listed level, with cheekpieces fitted for the first time, she was no match for the likes of Sea Of Class when she finished a 12-length last of six at Newbury in May.

But there is nothing of that calibre here, and after an encouraging comeback third in a valuable Newmarket handicap at the start of last month, Stream Song is a prime contender for this new environment.

Course specialist BLACK ART is back at Sedgefield for his fencing and seasonal debut in the Magnificent Six Ladies Of Nortonthorpe Mills Chase.

Sue Smith’s six-year-old quickly established a rapport with this track over hurdles.

Smith inmates are rarely slow to graduate to chasing, and back to two miles and half a furlong, Black Art can make a winning return. SELECTIONS:

LINGFIELD: 12.30 Perfect Refuge, 1.00 Pink Phantom, 1.30 Motakhayyel, 2.00 Kimberella, 2.35 SHENANIGANS (NAP), 3.05 Stream Song, 3.40 Listen To The Wind, 4.10 Classified.

SEDGEFIELD: 1.20 Hey Bob, 1.50 Black Art, 2.25 Colby, 2.55 Some Kinda Llama, 3.30 Same Circus, 4.00 Secret Escape.

DOUBLE: Stream Song and Shenanigans