Magical Lagoon can conjure up another big win for Harrington
| Published date | 06 October 2021 |
| Publication title | Weekender |
Having raced over 7f at Doncaster on his penultimate start, it's fair to question whether he'll have the speed for this, but he continues to race with plenty of zest and the softer surface will bring his stamina into play. We know he's got both the ability and the durability.
Hierarchy also races freely and won't mind the conditions, while Mitbaahy might be one for the each-way thieves.
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Best alternative: Hierarchy Raclette 2.25 Newmarket, Oh So Sharp Stakes, 7f Group 3, 2yo fillies Longchamp's loss last Sunday could be Newmarket's gain, ait's looking like star French filRaclette could be rerouted here having missed the Prix Marcel Boussac due to the heavy ground.
Conditions are set to be pretty testing here, but they won't be as bad as they were Paris, and if it's soft that won'be an issue for the selection, who has won both her starts in 't it on that surface. What's more, the drop back to 7f will make less of a test, and she'll be racing in Group 3 company rather than against Group 1 fillies.
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Trainer Andre Fabre has a 5per cent strike-rate with his juveniles on the Rowley Mile and won this race back in 2013 with Miss France, and it's hard to see Raclette being beaten if she handles the track.
In any other year, both Perfect News and Sunset Shiraz would have strong claims. Of the two, the Irish raider has the form on a softer surface.
Best alternative: Sunset Shiraz Al Suhail 3.00 Newmarket, Challenge Stakes, 7f Group 2 Al Suhail has long been a
I've horse I ve felt has Group 1 potential. A tricky customer, he's never reached the heights you feel he's capable of as he is his own worst enemy, wearing a hood for 11 of his 12 starts and rarely relinquishing the bit.
There have been occasions when he has got it right, none more so than when landing the Listed Sir Henry Cecil Stakes by a most impressive six lengths on the July course last season. He was also placed in a
Meydan Group 1, and wasn't far off his best when third in Listed company at Newbury last time. He was unfortunate to meet a big improver that day in Silent Escape, but he didn't help himself by once again being too keen.
Conditions will be more in his favour here, with his top...
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