Friday Racing Tips: Prejudice to be the pride of Newmarket at 13/2 for Gosden

Newmarket, 13:15, Listed Rosemary Stakes Tip: Back Estissa @ 10/34.33

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Estissa

• J: Oisin Murphy
• T: James Fanshawe
• F: 3-121334

• SBK 10/3
• EXC 1.14

The skeleton man James Fanshawe registered 60 winners for the season this week, a personal best in beating the 58 back in 2002 and his Estissa will hopefully fare a little better than she did against the Parisians at Longchamp last time.

She had a wretched draw out wide and William Buick that day had no option other than to sit out the back, and sit out the back he did as the filly was given a mountain to climb.

Her finishing effort saw her scythe through the field and a nose fourth can be counted as unlucky.

On that effort it's understandable that Fanshawe raced her over 1m2f at York for the Ebor meeting in the Listed Lyric fillies' race yet once again, held up off the pace against a steadily run affair done her no favours.

To date her two wins have been come on the All-Weather but she had a huge burst of speed at the end of the Wolverhampton 1m to win in May - clocking a very impressive 11.37 and 11.43 furlongs off a finishing speed of 109%.

She looks up to this level and with such a good pedigree can gain some compensation after the gallic nightmare last time.

Oisin Murphy takes charge to replace Buick and Murphy scored on the filly earlier this season at Wolverhampton.

Best bet of the day: Newmarket, 13:50, Princess Royal Stakes Tip: Back Without Prejudice @ 13/27.50

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Without Prejudice (Ire)

• J: William Buick
• T: John & Thady Gosden
• F: 11

• SBK 5/1
• EXC 5.5

Fillies can often take a big jump up in terms of form, especially at this stage of the season and the chance to back a Gosden two-from-two filly, Without Prejudice, at a decent price is the way I am playing the 13:50.

As one of the three-year-olds, she's also in receipt of weight here and arrives in great nick.

She won under a penalty at Windsor last time whilst not being totally in love with the track early on, but once she got daylight into the straight, that's where I thought she excelled despite the steady pace to stay on strongly.

Her final furlong gives a good indication she'll appreciate the step up to 1m4f and on pedigree as a relation to Emily Upjohn, a Coronation Stakes winner, she should improve further considering her profile.

She landed a bit of a mickey mouse race on her debut on the July course against just three rivals, which would have been far from ideal for a stayer, but again she looked her best at the end.

This is one for the Lloyd Webbers, Andrew, not his Leyton Orient supporting brother Julian.

Newmarket, 14:25, Rockfel Stakes Tip: Back Pensando A Te @ 14/115.00

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Pensando A Te

• J: Silvestre De Sousa
• T: Marco Botti
• F: 21

• SBK 14/1
• EXC 1.15

With a lack of handicaps on Friday, the emphasis on quality means a few high profile horses will be fancied and the Rockfel is a case in point with Spirited Gesture holding an unbeaten record for Juddmonte and a price of 7/42.75.

With ten runners at least we have three places to play with and the 14/115.00 on Marco Botti's Pensando A Te looked big initially when the prices were up.

Now I wouldn't be great with Botti horses as a full disclosure statement as he is tricky to read and quite streaky but she was impressive at Ascot last time.

Indeed, the way she cruised into the race before unleashing a serious turn of foot must have delighted trainer and backers alike. That acceleration at the penultimate furlong was an eye-catching 11.15 seconds.

She was impressive too on the clock and visually on debut at Yarmouth, and while finishing second, her effort coming from off the pace (at a front-runners' track) to record "el molto rapido" times of 10.60 and 11.16 at the end marked her down as a little unlucky.

Her conqueror Speed Of Sound that day had the big advantage of making the running and has since landed a Nursery Handicap the St Leger meeting at Doncaster.

At 14s she might not have the class, but potentially on that Ascot run with her turn of foot is more of a player than her price suggests.

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