Ascot 2.40
Princess Margaret Abu Dhabi Stakes (Fillies' Group 3) (Class 1) (2YO only)
Winner £22,708
Pick: Margot Did (win)
Al Madine: Driven out to draw away on debut at Carlisle, ending up a convincing winner; Should improve but form of that race not special and lot more on her plate here.
Catalinas Diamond: Posted best effort when 6 lengths fifth to Maqaasid in Queen Mary at Royal Ascot, but just proved how poor that race was when getting beat into fourth place in lower company than this last time out.
Catfish: Showed lot of guts to be belie odds of 40/1 when making successful start in strong looking maiden in July Festival, being Ragash by a neck; Can step forward but this is a very thought spot for her second start.
Imperialistic Diva: Looked quite average when taking three tries to get off mark at third attempt in maiden at York in June; Took a step up when third behind Khor Sheed in listed race, but that event did not look strong beforehand and this much tougher; Oliver Peslier a real coup of a booking.
Margot Did: Smooth winner of first 2 races and bold bid in Albany Stakes at Royal meeting here, quickening a couple of lengths clear only to be collared late by Memory; That renewal already working out well and stands side horses were a particularly good bunch, so should take all the beating.
Perfect Tribute: Made comfortable work of landing 8-runner maiden at Salisbury (5f) on introduction, drawing away at finish; Will like this trip more and should impove but does have a lot more on plate here.
Queen Of Spain: Taking her time to come to hand but probably put up best effort yet whe seventh in Albany (3rd of 12 on her side, having beaten Hooray); Long odds on when clear-cut winner of maiden at Naas this month, but still has some work to do to be winning this.
Serena’s Pride: Showed promise on first 3 starts, winning 6f Lingfield maiden in easy style before running fourth in Group 2 Queen Mary; Form of that race poor for a Group 2 and was exposed when sixth behind Soraaya and Memory in July Festival.
Shoshini Wind: Impressive when winning at Newcastle in June and good second in listed race at Newmarket, but form of that race not exactly strong and also only sixth in Super Sprint.
Soraaya: Made no mistake when very impressive in 6f Hamilton maiden on debut, and stepped forward front in big way when second behind Memory; May have been leading until last strides of race but Memory had troubled passage that day; Still major player.
Sweet Cecily: Messed around on debut but underwent complete transformation when making all in 6f maiden at Newmarket last month, beating Ragsah by 6 lengths; Given mark that she left that day, and stable she comes from, major player.
VERDICT: A very good looking renewal of a race that usually throws up a good horse, so plenty to look forward to. It’s one been about a month or so since the Albany Stakes was won y Memory, but it already looks like one of the races of the season and MARGOT DID was unlucky not to win that day being in front a fair way from home in a hotly run race. Cherry Hinton-second Soraaya is the big danger on the book, while Sweet Cecily also commands plenty of respect.
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