bet365 Fillies' Mile Guide - 09/10/20

Indigo Girl for John Gosden looks to have a huge chance in this event off the back off what she has done on her two sole runs to date and deserves her chance in Group One company.

The two year old filly made her debut at Yarmouth on soft ground beating a fair field by three lengths and then improved from that at Doncaster last time out when taking the Group Two May Hill Stakes.

She takes on some of those rivals again with the second, third, fourth and fifth all entered in this contest and if improving again should only have to see off the Irish challengers.

Shale has been a superb stable star for Donnacha O'Brien this season winning three of her five outings to date and also placing in another.

She made her debut in a decent maiden where she ran no race, but came on massively for the first experience to get off the mark at Gowran Park on heavy ground.

She backed that up in a Group Three at Leopardstown before just falling short behind Pretty Gorgeous in a Group Two at the Curragh.

She stepped up for the Group One Moyglare Stud Stakes over the same course and distance and reversed the form with the Joseph O'Brien runner to land her first black type event.

She holds a big chance.

The Joseph O'Brien trained juvenile has had four starts to date and has shown serious ability on all of them, getting off the mark at the first time of asking at Bellewstown.

She then went to Leopardstown and finished a close second behind Shale for Donnacha O'Brien in a Group Three contest.

However, she came on for that performance when pulling away from a decent field including Shale, to land a Group Two over seven furlongs at The Curragh.

Last time out the pair met for the decider and Shale just got the better of her once more in the Group One Moyglare Stud Stakes, but there is very little between them.

A filly that deserves her chance in Group One company is Isabella Giles who has shown improvement in every race to date and will certainly handle the soft ground.

The Clive Cox trained filly has won four of her five events to date, with her last two outings showing the best of her progression when winning back to back group races.

She landed the Group Three Prestige Stakes by seven lengths at Goodwood and then in better company stepped up again to take the Group Two Rockfel Stakes over seven furlongs at Newmarket.

She will be stepping up to a mile for the first time in her career and will need to handle the extra trip in what will be her toughest test to date.

Zabeel Queen is an exciting prospect for the Roger Varian yard who has been sen twice to date and showed plenty of scope for improvement.

The daughter of Frankel made a smart debut at Ascot when seeing off nine other runners with ease to break her maiden tag.

She stepped up to a tougher test in the Group Two May Hill Stakes where she could only finish third and if she is to get involved on her Group One debut then she must improve and also handle the testing ground.

William Haggas fields Lilac Road at a doubele figure price and although showing signs of greatness, the best she can expect in this company is to place

She has been seen three times to date, finishing fifth on debut and like many Haggas horses, coming on a lot for that run to get off the mark next time out.

She stepped up to the May Hill Stakes and could only finish fourth behind three runners in this field meaning she will have to give a career best to reverse that form and also compete with the Irish runners.

Dubai Fountain could be the value each way angle for Mark Johnston having progressively finished second last time out behind Indigo Girl in the May Hill Stakes.

Although needing to improve she wont have to as much as many of the horses in this field and the step up to a mile last time out got the most out of her this season.

She has been seen six times this term winning twice and placing three times in Listed and Group company and having shown she handles soft ground already this season she could enter the frame once more.

Mother Earth is Aidan O'Brien's best chance in the race on odds and she has been very disappointing this season, offering so much potential and not backing it up.

Having raced six times to date and although placing in four of those events winning one of them, how she ran on her debut suggested she could be a serious Group One horse.

However, after her second at Navan behind the smart Frenetic, she finished a long way back third in the Group Three Albany.

She managed to get off the mark at Naas in a weak six furlong maiden and then finished third of four runners in a Group Two.

She finished with another third behind the two market leaders Pretty Gorgeous and Shale next time out and then on her last run was totally outclassed in the Group One Moyglare Stud Stakes and if not improving a bunch she could yet do so again.

The second of Aidan O'Brien's assault on the race is Snowfall who like her stablemate Mother Earth has been frustrating showing glimpses of form in her runs this term.

Four starts ago she got off the mark for the season in a maiden at the Curragh, but since then has stepped up to Group company and been totally exposed.

Last time out she was seen finishing ninth of 13 in the Moyglare Stud Stakes and off the back of that form will be outclassed once more here.

The penultimate runner of the race is the Sylvester Kirk trained Seattle Rock who looks very hard to win with and we can't see her starting in this Group One.

She has some fair place form during her career finishing third in the Listed Chesham Stakes and then in August finished third again in the Sweet Solera Stakes over seven furlongs at Newmarket.

She was last seen finishing along way behind Isabella Giles at Goodwood in a Group Three and off the back of that form is opposable.

The final runner is the one hit wonder Star Of Emaraaty who landed the Group Three Sweet Solera Stakes having only cost 3,500gns.

The daughter of Pride Of Dubai has since been sold for nice money but he connections are being ambitious in entering her in this black type event.

Since that win she finished fifth of ninth in the Group Two May Hill Stakes and it would take a miracle for her to reverse that form with four other runners in the field.