Indigo can strike gold for Gosden

INDIGO Girl can consolidate another fine day in prospect for John Gosden and Frankie Dettori at Doncaster.

The winning Yarmouth debutant is one of the two least experienced contenders in a nine-strong field for the Group Two bet365 May Hill Stakes.

But on a card which begins with the long-awaited comeback of Gosden’s 2019 St Leger winner Logician, Indigo Girl has the credentials to provide both trainer and jockey with further success.

The Dubawi filly received her racecourse introduction, as is so often the case for the yard, in the very capable hands of Robert Havlin – and the pair had no trouble overcoming a slow start to be well on top at the finish over this same distance of a mile.

That was less than two weeks ago, and the form has yet to be tested.

The runner-up had previous experience, however, as a promising fourth on debut behind a useful dual winner. race at Ripon – and this course and Indigo Girl made a fine impression distance looks spot on for Spright, – and as a daughter of her owner’s who must concede weight to all but two-time French mile-and-a-half one of her opponents but may well Group Two winner Montare, this is a be capable of doing so. highly feasible test of her aspirations. Logician will be short odds, of She faces several worthy rivals – course, but should make his including Zabeel Queen, also a sucundoubted class count on a belated cessful first-time-out scorer, and return to the scene of his greatest trishock Newmarket Group Three winumph, in the opening Sky Sports Racner Star Of Emaraaty. ing Sky 415 Conditions Stakes.

But the style of Indigo Girl’s victoThe unbeaten grey has not been ry, and her blue-blood pedigree, sugseen since his emphatic performance gests she could well be up to this. in the Classic here 12 months ago, Spright is another juvenile of note, having suffered a miserable winter in the preceding British Stallion during which he had to battle a seriStuds EBF “Carrie Red’’ Fillies’ ous infection.

Nursery Handicap. Logician holds Group One and Karl Burke’s dual winner Two entries at between this 10 furscampered round Cheslongs and two miles in the remainder ter to double her tally, of the season – but he needs to pass cashing in the experithis test first. ence of her three previous He showed in his peerless fiveappearances to get the betfrom-five campaign last summer that ter of Terrichang That he has speed as well as stamina – and rival has since run therefore, as long as he is even well to be approaching full fitness and retains third in a the majority of his ability, he has very commuch in his favour here against only petitive two rivals rated 6lb and 11lb his infeListed rior.