Hello, crew. Tomorrow looks another nice days racing at Gooders and I’ll nominate a filly with a lovely name who is set to contest the Nursery (4.10).
COSMOPOLITAN QUEEN – this old girl started off her career in respectable fashion finishing 7th (beaten only 3.75 lengths) in a decent Newmarket maiden before filling the runners-up berth, in a novice affair, at Kempton. After this connections opted to step Cosmopolitan Queen up markedly in class (to Group 2 level) but, on that occasion, she proved no match for either Clemmie or Nyaleti – although she was by no means disgraced behind them. What she does look though is very reasonably perched on 78, for her nursery bow, and I would expect her to be highly competitive off this mark of the morrow. This is enhanced when you further consider the excellent David Egan (Dickie Hughes’ nephew) takes 5 pounds off the fillies back courtesy of his claim.
Cosmopolitan Queen is also wonderfully bred being by Dubawi and out of a mare who was a dual winner of the Group 2 Lancashire Oaks. Furthermore, the selection is also a sister to Group 1 winner Arabian Queen. With this pedigree you really would expect her, in time, to achieve a rating far, far beyond tomorrow’s 78.
Early quotes are 33/1 (from both companies betting on the race as I write) and I would recommend Cosmopolitan Queen as a solid each-way investment, people.
Good luck all.