HORSES TO FOLLOW


STEVE JONES Darlectable You 3yo f (John Gosden) There are few better families than the one Darlectable You hails from. As a daughter of Dar Re Mi, she numbers Too Darn Hot and Lah Ti Dar among her siblings and I’m sure she will follow suit by winning Group races. She made a promising debut at Newcastle in December and it’s not impossible she could be an Oaks filly if she’s ready early in the season.


NICK LUCK Ocean Road 3yo f (Hugo Palmer) Second on debut at Nottingham, this Australia half-sister to Wigmore Hall really caught my eye when bolting up at Lingfield, belying her pedigree. I would not be at all surprised to see her starting off in an Oaks trial for Hugo Palmer, whose strike rate since the beginning of September has been most eye catching.


STEWART MACHIN Hamish 5yo g (William Haggas) A setback meant we saw him only once in 2020. Previously a progressive staying three-year-old, I hope he makes it back to full fitness. Although now five he is lightly raced and could develop into a Cup horse. Some cut in the ground suits him well.


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JANE MANGAN Love 4yo f


(Aidan O’Brien) Following the retirements of Enable and Magical, Love will be expected to establish herself as the heir to their throne. Kept busy as a juvenile, running seven times from June to October, we only saw Love on three occasions last year. Encountering her preferred good ground on each run, she managed to take our breath away at Newmarket, Epsom and York. Now it’s time to rise from Princess to Queen! I think this filly could be versatile from a mile to 12 furlongs and, ground permitting, Love could conquer all in 2021.


DONN MCCLEAN Thunder Beauty 3yo f (Ken Condon) An impressive winner of her maiden on her racecourse debut at The Curragh in July, Thunder Beauty did well to finish fiſth in the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes on just her second run, showing signs of greenness and coming from the rear and racing wide. Her dam won over a mile and a half, and she shapes like a filly who could progress for the step up to middle distances this season as a three-year-old.


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