Sunday, Naas, post time: 16:03, COOLMORE STUD IRISH EBF BLACKBEARD FILLIES SPRINT STAKES-G3, €42,000, 2yo, f, 5f 205yT
Field: Dawn Romance (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Green Sense (Ire) (Starman {GB}), Lady Iman (Ire) (Starman {GB}), Leblon Beach (GB) (Ubettabelieveit {Ire}), Miami Destination (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}), Saffron Dandy (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}), Signora (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Simply Astounding (Wootton Bassett {GB}).
TDN Verdict: Ballydoyle's TDN Rising Star Simply Astounding takes the Meditate and Fairy Godmother route presumably to the Albany at Royal Ascot and in terms of promise she has it all. In Lady Iman she has a serious rival, but Saturday's reversal of True Love tempers enthusiasm a touch given how close that runner got to her in the five-furlong Listed First Flier Stakes at The Curragh. Interestingly, Aidan O'Brien also saddles the unraced Signora and she is hard to ignore as a half-sister to Exactly. [Tom Frary].
Sunday, Naas, post time: 16:33, GOFFS LACKEN STAKES-G3, €42,000, €36,000, 3yo, 5f 205yT
Field: Whistlejacket (Ire) (No Nay Never), Babouche (GB) (Kodiac {GB}), Bodhi Bear (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Treasure Isle (Ire) (No Nay Never), Carla Ridge (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), Temperance (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}).
TDN Verdict: Whistlejacket renews rivalry with Babouche, with the filly in front on their first meeting in The Curragh's G1 Phoenix Stakes in August. What the defeat of Ides Of March at Newbury on Saturday means to the prospects of Ballydoyle's G1 Prix Morny hero remains to be seen, with very little separating them in Navan's Listed Committed Stakes last month. Babouche ran a solid return under a penalty in the Listed Polonia Stakes at Cork earlier this month and is bred to go on at three. [Tom Frary].
Sunday, Cologne, Germany, post time: 16:33, COOLMORE CITY OF TROY GERMAN 2000 GUINEAS-G2, €125,000, 3yo, c/f, 8fT
Field: Ciaran (Fr) (Van Beethoven), Dhitjari (GB) (Mehmas {Ire}), Eternal Elixir (Ire) (Shaman {Ire}), Mehmas Champion (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Square Carnot (Fr) (Taj Mahal {Ire}), Windfang (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), Lips Vega (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Matilda (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), Vertical Blue (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}).
TDN Verdict: Last year's G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Vertical Blue takes on the colts on this seasonal bow in an unconventional move by Francis-Henri Graffard, but when you are in the kind of form his stable is in you can more or less pick and choose where you go. Her nose defeat of stablemate Zarigana looks even better now and she probably only has to beat another filly in the G3 Schwarzgold-Rennen third Lips Vega to collect with the domestic colts looking short of standard. [Tom Frary].
Sunday, Hannover, Germany, post time: 14:00, GROSSER PREIS DER BURCKHARDT-GRUPPE – PREIS DE NEUEN BULT-Listed, €25,000, 3yo, f, 11fT
Field: Asteria (Ger) (Nutan {Ire}), Fire And Ice (Ger) (Masar {Ire}), Lady Charlotte (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}), Nyra (Ger) (Isfahan {Ger}), Que Bella (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), Ruby Lips (Ire) (Highland Reel {Ire}), Starlight Lips (Ger) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}).
TDN Verdict: Favourite here is the unbeaten Lady Charlotte after her wins at Warsaw last term, with Fantastic Moon's half-sister Fire And Ice possibly the biggest threat having won on debut at Hoppegarten. [Tom Frary].
Sunday, Tokyo, Japan, post time: 15:40, VICTORIA MILE-G1, ¥253,400,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1600mT
Field: Christmas Parade (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}), Stellenbosch (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}), Argine (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), Safira (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}), Ravel (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}), Mi Anhelo (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), Wide Latour (Jpn) (California Chrome), Shinryokuka (Jpn) (Satono Diamond {Jpn}), Admire Matsuri (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}), Bond Girl (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}), Sing That Song (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), Shirankedo (Jpn) (Declaratio Of War), Beyond The Valley (Jpn) (Isla Bonita {Jpn}), Masano Canaria (Jpn) (Silver State {Jpn}), So Dazzling (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}), Queen's Walk (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), Ascoli Piceno (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}), Alice Verite (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}). Click here for the Japanese preview.
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