Views from connections and a selection from tipster Man On The Spot ahead of the Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes at Goodwood.
3.00 Goodwood - Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes
Views from connections
William Haggas hopes a 3lb penalty for Enbihaar will help swing things back in Dramatic Queen's favour as the two meet for the third time this season in the Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes at Goodwood.
The score currently stands at one win each, with Dramatic Queen pouncing late to beat Enbihaar at York over this distance of a mile and three-quarters while John Gosden's filly gained her revenge over two furlongs shorter in the Lancashire Oaks.
As that was a Group Two race, the same as the Lillie Langtry, Enbihaar must carry a penalty and with only a neck to find, Haggas has faith his filly will come out on top.
He said: "Hopefully the 3lb turnaround and going back up in trip swings it back around in our favour. We're going back up from a mile and a half at Haydock, but I thought we outstayed her at York over a mile-six.
"So back up in distance and with Enbihaar having the penalty, it should be closer.
"They've been two good races between them, Enbihaar tried to make all at York and we tried at Haydock, so we'll see what happens.
"It will be interesting, but the way Gosden is going, we'll be second. His horses are running very well and they all look fantastic, so it's not going to be easy."
Enbihaar adopted different tactics at Haydock, though, and pounced late on Dramatic Queen, winning by a neck.
Owner Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's racing manager Angus Gold said: "I don't think going back up in trip will worry her in any way.
"When Dramatic Queen beat her at York over that trip, I don't think it was the extra two furlongs that beat her, more that she had been out on her own in front for a long time and she just got lonely.
"We changed tactics at Haydock and managed to change the result. She's an improving horse, both physically and mentally, and John Gosden has been very pleased with her.
"Obviously what makes life harder this time around is her 3lb penalty for her win at Haydock, but other than that, everything else is positive."
Also in the mix is Ralph Beckett's Manuela De Vega, fourth in the Oaks to Anapurna but a slightly disappointing fifth in the Irish equivalent.
Aidan O'Brien runs three in South Sea Pearl, Peach Tree and Flowering Peach with Roger Varian's Pilaster also lining up.
Man On The Spot tip
Pilaster won this as a three-year-old last season but was over 4l behind Dramatic Queen and Enbihaar in a Fillies' Group 3 at York in May. The latter pair have continued in good form with Enbihaar turning the tables narrowly in the Lancashire Oaks and there's nothing between the pair. Three-year-olds have a reasonable record in the race and Aidan O'Brien has entered a trio from the younger brigade, two of them likely to ensure a strong gallop for SOUTH SEA PEARL. An 800,000gns daughter of Galileo, she's taken some time to reach her potential but looked very progressive in a Listed contest over this trip at Leopardstown and Ryan Moore can steer her home. Manuela De Vega, a close fourth in the Oaks, tackles the trip for the first time but her overall form puts her right in the picture.
