Recruit Island Diamond Stakes (Group 3)

Off time: 19:30 | Winning time: 2m 12.52s

(3)

Massif Central^h¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 97| C

13/2

Won over 1m here and yard have a 51% win and place strike rate here in meetings towards the end of September/early October in the last three years.

Form: 1-33908

(2)

Global Giant³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: G Mosse| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 105

10/3

British raider, narrowly denied in this grade last time out at Windsor and beginning to show that he likes this sort of trip. Leading player.

Form: 555832

(1)

Ming^t⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: D O'Brien| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 106| CD

6/4

C&D winner here in April in a three-year-old maiden. Gone on to bigger and better things in the last five months being last seen in a Group 1 at Arlington USA last month.

Form: 16116

(4)

Mootasadir²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: P Cosgrave| T: H Palmer| OR: 97| D

4/1

Won a Kempton handicap in good style earlier this month but the British raider looks up against it in this company.

Form: 11451

(5)

Ballet Shoes¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 98

16/1

Interesting runner for yard that has landed the spoils here in the last two renewals. Can go well but may find one or two too good in this grade.

Form: 2733-60

(6)

Kalaxana¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Chris Hayes| T: M Halford| OR: 98

6/1

Rattled off a hat-trick of wins in the summer but has subsequently come unstuck when upped to Group 3 company, though not disgraced. Looks a tall order.

Form: 211126

Forecasts

Ming (6/4), Global Giant (10/3), Mootasadir (4/1), Kalaxana (6/1), Massif Central (13/2), Ballet Shoes (16/1)

The British-raider and Ed Dunlop-trained GLOBAL GIANT was narrowly denied a Group 3 win at Windsor last month on good ground running Fabricate to a neck. The three-year-old third of 12 at Goodwood is working out well, producing three winners from the race. The Joseph O'Brien-trained Ming is not easily dismissed and appears to have a bright future.