Princess Day holds genuine claims of striking first-time-out over hurdles for trainer Jeremy Scott. The grey mare landed a point-to-point prior to winning a course flat event. She followed up by making all of the running under a penalty at Newbury. Her subsequent midfield effort came in a Graded event. She brings notable bumper form to this race and may have a touch of class, if jumping soundly. I'm hopeful that schooling has gone well as she hails from an astute yard, and she can finish in the first two placings.
War Chest arguably arrives with the best form, thanks to a pair of podium finishes from his two starts to date. He belied a big price on debut at Ascot before displaying ability at Newbury. He finished ahead of the re-opposing Cornichon that day, and this time has a 2lb pull in the weights, so I am hopeful of confirming the form. The Saxon Warrior colt should be capable of going close, once more, in this small field.
Faiyum is the obvious favourite for this Listed prize over a mile. The daughter of Frankel is already a Group 3 scorer and has three career wins to her name. She has by far the best form in the race, with a huge second to subsequent Group 1 winner, Miss Scott, at Curragh on her penultimate outing. A reproduction of that fine effort ought to suffice here, and I feel she deserves to be shorter in the market.
Royal Acclimation hasn't put a hoof wrong in a trio of placed runs despite not registering a win. The Godolphin-owned Zarak colt has course form, having run a good second behind a next-time-out Group 2 third at this venue. He followed that up with an honest runner-up spot at Haydock behind a highly touted horse, who holds a Group 1 entry. I envisage the selection having too much for his opposition, with Billy Loughnane in the saddle for the first time.
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