Fresnaye eyes Winter Guineas

Joey Ramsden, pictured, has turned the Winter Guineas picture upside down by supplementing Fresnaye for the Highlands Stud-backed feature at Kenilworth on Saturday.

The filly beat all except Snowdance and Oh Susanna in the Cape Fillies Guineas and was also third in the Paddock Stakes before taking on the colts in the Cape Derby.

Winter Solstice

She was only seventh in that but on merit ratings she is different class to her ten male opponents on Saturday.

At the weights she has 5kg in hand over Rocket Countdown and 7kg to spare over the next best.

Ramsden, meanwhile, has won this Grade 3 with some high class horses in the past, notably Winter Solstice in 2004, Variety Club in 2012 and Act Of War three years ago.

MJ Byleveld has been confirmed for Fresnaye and Donovan Dillon partners stable companion Ancestry.

Ramsden also has the probable favourite in the Sweet Chestnut Stakes In Rose In Bloom (Dillon) who was second in the Sceptre and third in the Majorca.

She is rated a minimum of 4kg clear of the rest who include stable companion Made In Hollywood (Bernard Fayd’Herbe).

She has not raced since the Strelitzia Stakes at Scottsville 12 months ago.

The Milnerton trainer said: “Made In Hollywood has done incredibly well, she has been to Kenilworth for a gallop and she will be fit enough.”