Thorny Issue

When it comes to 3-year-old miler fillies taking on the older horses as early as July, it is guesswork as to how they will fare, but Jaber Adbdullah's unbeaten Full Rose (GB) (Aqlaam {GB}) has a distinct class edge over mainly exposed rivals in Sunday's G2 Meilen Trophy at Hanover. Beating the subsequent listed winner Nymeria (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) in Dusseldorf's G2 German 1000 Guineas at the end of May, the chestnut will be tested by Zalim Bifov's veteran Red Dubawi (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who won this last year but needs to rebound from a latest seventh in the June 4 G2 Badener Meile.