Parislongchamp 09 June 2009
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VICTORIAN ART has taken her time to get the hang of things but displayed much improved form when only beaten a head at Bath on Saturday, with the remainder well beaten off. There are plenty in with fair chances here but that was a much better performance and it's significant that she returns to the track so quickly. Any Day, Ignatieff and I'malwaysright have all shown a decent enough level to contend here, and betting market support for either Drift And Dream or Poppy N' penny, both representing shrewd Newmarket yards, would need to be factored into a tricky equation.
ASTROANGEL tired in the final furlong when seventh here on her reappearance but has always suggested that she will be better suited by this 7f trip. She was a decent third over C&D in September and was also a close-up third at Brighton in the autumn, also over this trip. She has yet to win in 30 attempts but should give a good each-way account here. Takaamul operates effectively between 6f and 1m and enters calculations on the back of some consistent performances this year, whilst the reliable veteran, Northern Desert, should run his usual honest race.
TILOS GEM is pitched in against his elders but looks a typical stable improver and could be open to any amount of improvement. He only accounted for a modest maiden field at Bath but the style in which he did so was impressive. There's not much to choose between the older brigade but La Coveta was beaten little over a length when fourth in a fair Newbury handicap and Marajaa continues to deliver performances of merit. However, Spring Goddess, disappointing last time, could be the main threat if recapturing the level of her Doncaster win over Deep Winter in March.
Fajita and HOWARD both stepped up on previous efforts when finishing second and fourth in a bunched finish to a typically competitive Windsor handicap, separated by just two noses. However, the Dunlop charge is 3lb better off today and also may not have got the smoothest of runs when looking to challenge. He is taken to reverse placings and break his maiden. Baron Otto looks one of the Haggas lesser lights but should still get involved, whilst Arctic Freedom would enter calculations if back to anything like the level of her juvenile form last term.
CHOISHARP looks well treated if the claim of his excellent conditional pilot is taken into account. He looked the likely winner for most of the race at Nottingham but was eventually inched out by a head over 5f by Musical Bridge. That isn't the strongest form but he looks an improver and will almost certainly appreciate this extra furlong. Corton Charlemagne and Kings Ace ran well enough in similar company latest but a bigger danger is Cavitie. He has gone well at Catterick and Southwell the last twice and could do so again from the foot of the weights.
