Sunderland Echo

Symphony is on song for a win on plastic

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Symphony Perfect has been bought to concert pitch by Richard Hannon and can land the best race of the day in the UK on Thursday, the Listed IRE-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish Chelmer Fillies' Stakes.

A six-furlong contest for three-year-olds, Symphony Perfect has already had one run under her belt this season, finishing a close-up fifth to Wild Beauty in the Group Three Fred Darling at Newbury.

She held every chance in that seven-furlong event, but having led inside the final furlong, she weakened in the final 100 yards.

The daughter of Fast Company had a busy juvenile campaign, running 11 times and scoring twice, including when signing off the season with victory in the Listed Bosra Sham Fillies' Stakes at Newmarket in October.

She appears to have trained on and while this is her first try on an artificial surface, she lacks nothing for fitness and may well start the tide turning for the yard, who have not been in pristine early-season form.

Hesperanth­a did not have the cleanest of paths on her second start in a mile maiden at Kempton last time, but stayed on nicely to get within a nose of the highly-regarded Guilin.

The Andrew Baldingtra­ined daughter of The Gurkha showed the penny had dropped following a modest introducti­on at Wolverhamp­ton and the step up to 10 furlongs in the Ladies Day Restricted Maiden Fillies' Stakes would appear to suit.

Anything Clarets Glory achieved as a juvenile was a bonus, so a win in a Pontefract novice was jam on top. He begins his three-year-old campaign in the one-mile Watch Racing TV in Stunning HD Handicap at Redcar, a more realistic target than his previous race, where he was well beaten in a hugely-competitiv­e Newmarket sales race in October.

Trying a mile for the first time, if settling well enough, Michael Dods' runner could strike on his seasonal bow.

Comedian Leader was well supported for her second start but still looked a little green in defeat at Pontefract.

Alice Haynes has her string in good form and the

Aclaim filly should appreciate a sound surface this time as she bids to get off the mark in the five-furlong Join Racing TV Half Price Now Selling Stakes.

She looks have the beating of those who have previously run and has added bonus of Oisin McSweeney taking off a valuable 5lb.

The consistent Can Can Girl will make a bold bid to follow up her Beverley handicap success off a 3lb higher mark in the Weatherbys Global Stallions App Handicap at Musselburg­h.

David Brown's four-yearold seeks a third win in four.

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