14:30 Kempton

Monday 20 January 2025

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Unibet Zero% Mission Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:31 | Winning time: 2m 22.45s

(3)

Blue Laced³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: David Probert| T: C Johnston| OR: 72

6/4

Thrice-raced filly. 28/1, third of 13 in a maiden over C&D 33 days ago, stuck on well and seems to know her job now. One for the shortlist.

Form: 433-

(7)

Jackrabbit^p1³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Marco Ghiani| T: Miss A Murphy

150/1

Twice-raced filly. Last of 8 in a maiden at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 80/1) 30 days ago. Cheekpieces on for the first time today but looks more one for the longer term.

Form: 78-

(6)

La Trinite

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Callum Shepherd| T: M Murphy

33/1

Sister to 12.2f winner Testy and half-sister to 1½m winner (stays 1¾m) Lady Pacifico (by Sir Percy). No surprise to see her start off over middle-distances and may be better over even further in time. Tough ask on debut.

Form:

(8)

Queen Of Mercia^b1¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden

20/1

Golden Horn filly. Dam 2-y-o 1m winner who stayed 11.5f out of smart 1¼m-1½m winner Gertrude Bell. Last of 10 in a novice event at Lingfield (10f, AW, 11/1) on debut 17 days ago. Blinkered for first time and needs to leave debut run well-behind.

Form: 0

(2)

Romance In Rome

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: J F Egan| T: Ollie Sangster

11/1

Churchill filly. Half-sister to 1m winner Yaajooz. Dam unraced out of useful 2-y-o 6f winner Cherokee. Will likely find a few too good on debut.

Form:

(5)

Romantic Opera⁷⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: D C Costello| T: C Appleby

5/6

Ghaiyyath filly cost 500,000 gns as a yearling, Lot to like about debut effort (weak in the market), dwelt, made progress over 1f out and kept on under a sympathetic ride. Entitled to come on for that experience and step up to middle-distance could unlock even more improvement. Big player.

Form: 7-

Non-Runners

(4)

Pearl Of Hope³³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: C Appleby J: Callum Shepherd

(1)

Pink Petunia¹³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: R Hughes J: Billy Loughnane

Forecasts

Romantic Opera (5/6), Blue Laced (6/4), Pearl Of Hope (13/8), Pink Petunia (8/1), Romance In Rome (11/1), Queen Of Mercia (20/1), La Trinite (33/1), Jackrabbit (150/1)

Godolphin might hold the key to this race, and it will be worth monitoring the betting as Charlie Appleby fields two interesting fillies who both look to have strong claims. The once-raced ROMANTIC OPERA is taken to build on her eye-catching debut effort and can take this at the expense of well-bred stablemate Pearl of Hope who has done little wrong in two starts. Blue Laced has improved with every run and should not be underestimated.