Fillies Race for Nell Gwyn

Race ID : 1415734

 

On Sunday at Newmarket, the feature race of the day is the Nell Gwyn Stakes, a Group Three event over seven furlongs on the turf for three-year-old fillies only.  The going is firm and ten fillies will be competing for a share of the $150,000 purse.  They are reviewed here in race card order.

 

1   UNIQUE SKILLS  (AUS)  3y-o b f  FASTNET ROCK (AUS) x PIVOTAL x STORM CAT

redhill25        Ar Schultz       6/1

 

This filly makes her Graded Stakes debut here.  She has won five of her eight races to date and finished second in the other three, all her races having been on turf.  She progressed quickly to Stakes company after winning her Maiden and non-winners of two races.  After finishing a close second in her Stakes debut over seven furlongs, she won three over shorter distances.  Last time out she finished second, beaten one and three quarter lengths in a Stakes race over six and a half furlongs, when she recorded her best speed figure to date of 96.  Today’s jockey was on board when she won the previous time.

 

2   MALIBOO (KY)    3y-o b f MALIBU MOON x KINGMAMBO x REDOUTE’S CHOICE

grandalley      M Russell         7/1

Bred by lordpye

This filly has been racing in the United States until now and has travelled here from Wyoming, where she won her last three races, over distances from five and a half furlongs to a mile.  The latest of these was an unrestricted Allowance race for three-year-old fillies over seven and a half furlongs.  In that race she recorded a speed figure of 98, her best to date.  She has run over distances from the minimum trip of a four and a half furlongs, over which she won twice, up to a mile and half a furlong.  She won a Stakes race over a mile last November, but was well beaten when tried in a Graded race in California, also over a mile, later that month.

 

3  FRALADOR (ENG)           3y-o b f FRANKEL (GB) x KINGMAMBO x A.P. INDY

gzes89                        S Graf 15/1

 

This lightly-race filly finished second on her debut, then won a Maiden race before going on to win two Stakes races, the latest one being over a mile.   All four of her races to date have been in owner-restricted races for the Benelux residency.  This will be her first run of the season and she needs to improve greatly from her latest speed figure of 88 to have any chance here, though she is likely to make some improvement now that she is a three-year-old and stronger.

 

4   SIYOUNI JONES  (FR)      3y-o b f  SIYOUNI (FR) x SMARTY JONES x FORESTRY

fredstable      D Aniel            20/1

 

The outsider of the field, she has won two of her seven races, including the last time out on good going in a race for three-year-old fillies who had not won two races.  Her other win was in an owner-restricted race for the Benelux residency over six furlongs on dirt last May.  Last season she was campaigned only in California on the dirt, recording a highest speed figure of 90.  She travelled to Europe at the beginning of this season and made the switch to turf, on which her best speed figure of 87 was achieved when second in a race over a mile for locally bred horses who had not won two races.

 

5   CELEBRATION STREET (IRE)              3y-o b f EXCELEBRATION (IRE) x STREET CRY x GIANT’S CAUSEWAY

dogfarm         R Harzheim    10/1

 

This filly is something of a globetrotter, having raced in the Americas, Europe and Australia.  She has been ambitiously campaigned, having run in several Graded Stakes races, including the Grade One Breeders’ Bowl Filly Juvy Turf, in which she finished ninth.  She has won five of her eleven races, all her victories being on turf.  She achieved her best turf speed figure of 90 when winning a Grade Three race over a mile and half a furlong in Kentucky last October.  Last time out, she finished fourth in a Stakes race over a mile and half a furlong in Argentina.

 

6  DEEP MYSTERY  (KY)     3y-o gr f KITTEN’S JOY x GIANT’S CAUSEWAY x CAERLEON

weller1           W Moss           9/2

 

The second-favourite here, this filly has won four of her six races to date and finished second and third in the other two.  Last time out, she won her Stakes debut in a race over six and a half furlongs in Spain, in which she recorded a speed figure of 100.  If she can run up to that form, she may have a chance here, but steps up in class now and has so far shown her best form in sprint races.

 

7  DOOM TRACKER (FR)     3y-o b f  COMMANDS (AUS) x INDIAN CHARLIE x SEEKING THE GOLD

butters3         Bo Edwards  3/1

 

The favourite for this race, she has won three of her seven races and finished second in the other four.  After winning her Maiden race, she won Allowance races for non-winners of two and three races, then stepped up to Stakes company, in which she finished second in a race over a mile and half a furlong, which concluded her juvenile season.  This season she has run in two Grade Three races over a mile, in which she finished second both times, consistently recording a speed figure of 103.  She will be hard to beat if she runs up to that form.

 

8  THRASHING AROUND (ENG)    3y-o b f OASIS DREAM (GB) x HUSSONET x ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS)

cityplace         B Tate             5/1

 

This filly has won four of her nine races, all her wins being on turf.  Last time out, she finished fourth in a Stakes race over a mile.  The time before, she recorded her best speed figure to date of 100 when winning a Stakes race over seven and a half furlongs.  She also won her previous race, which was a Stakes race over the same distance.  She has a chance here if she runs up to her best form.

 

9  SPUN AND DONE (JPN)               3y-o ro f  HARD SPUN x UNBRIDLED’S SONG x DUBAWI (IRE)

stormracin     B Wu               12/1

 

This filly has won three of her nine races to date, two of these being on dirt.  She was campaigned on the dirt for most of last season, and then switched to the turf, where her first race resulted in a victory in a Stakes race over seven furlongs.  Subsequently, she disappointed in a Grade Three race over the same distance, in which she appeared to pick up an injury.  She made her seasonal debut in an Allowance race over a mile, in which she finished a respectable second, then last time out she recorded her best speed figure of 95 to finish a close second in a Stakes race over five and a half furlongs.  She steps back up to Graded company here and has a bit to find if she is to take a major role in this race.

 

10 READYSITA (KY)            3y-o br f MORE THAN READY x INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) x A.P. INDY

lidman9          J Ventura        6/1

 

This filly has won six of her nine races to date, winning on both the turf and the dirt.  Her two races this season have been on turf.  Last time out, she recorded by far her best speed figure of 103 when she won a Stakes race over seven and a half furlongs in California.  Previously she ran in a Stakes race over seven furlongs, beginning her three-year-old season as she finished her two-year-old season, with a win.  She has run in Graded races before, but on the dirt.