Market support for any of the newcomers would be interesting, but a few of these have already shown useful ability. Previous winners Elements Of Fire and Music Of Time (second choice) are high on the list despite their penalties (this race was won by a previous winner last year), as is River King after his promising Kempton debut last August. However, the vote goes to ROARING TWENTIES who made such a promising debut when third behind the 2,000 Guineas third-favourite Cosmic Year at the same track 16 days ago.[David Bellingham]
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Placed in two of her three bumpers for Harry Fry in 2022/23, but well beaten in one start over hurdles; makes her stable/Flat debut in a first-time hood after 16 months off and looks up against it.
Both starts at Newcastle (7f, AW), showing some ability when third of five in the first of those; this looks a tough against the 3yos on turf debut, though, and handicaps should prove a better fit after this.
320,000gns yearling; sent off 7-2 when narrowly making a successful debut at Chelmsford (7f, AW) in November; a couple of winners have come out of that race and he remains open to plenty of improvement; market helpful.
Made a promising debut when third of 14 on his Kempton debut (7f, AW) in October and stepped up from that when beating 15 rivals (first two clear) in a maiden over C&D (soft) later in month; likely to face different conditions, but is still much respected nonetheless.
105,000gns yearling; half-brother to 5f/6f 2yo winner Flaccianello (RPR 93); dam runner-up over 7.5f in France, half-sister to 6f 2yo Group 2 winner Threading, out of unraced sister to outstanding 1m-1m2f winner Dubai Millennium; worth monitoring in the market, but he makes his debut in a potentially warm contest.
225,000euros breeze-up 2yo; showed some ability when in midfield at Newmarket (7f, good to soft) and Newbury (1m, heavy) in October; gelded since and likely to do better, but that may be in handicaps after this.
52,000gns foal, 58,000gns yearling; half-brother to five winners including Cicero's Gift (1m/8.6f including AW; RPR 114), Crossing The Line (6f/7f including 2yo/AW; 105), Publilia (6f 2yo; 90) and Shades Of Silk (6f including AW; 77); dam 5f winner (including 2yo; 108); makes his debut in a useful contest, but he is nicely bred so market support would be interesting.
37,000gns foal, 250,000gns yearling; first foal; dam Italian 7f/1m winner (including 2yo/Listed; RPR 102), out of Italian 6f winning half-sister to Italian 5.5f Listed 2yo winner Step Up, family of Italian 2,000 Guineas winners Gay Burslem and Crisis Il Monaco; faces a stiff task on debut, but market support should be noted.
Sent off 40-1 but showed plenty of promise when fourth of 13 on his Kempton debut (7f, AW) last August (winners have come out of that race); respected on his return, especially if market positive.
250,000gns yearling; sent off 16-1 when a promising third of 13 behind the current 2000 Guineas third-favourite Cosmic Year on his Kempton debut (7f, AW) this month; open to improvement and a major player.
5-1 when fourth of eight on his Newmarket debut (7f, soft) last September, albeit 18l behind the winner; open to improvement, but this looks a warm contest in which to reappear.
1/5 Odds Place 1,2,3
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