13:50 Southwell

Thursday 4 September 2025

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Sky Sports Racing Virgin 519 Fillies' Handicap

Off time: 13:50 | Winning time: 2m 32.71s

(3)

Princess Niyla¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: T Eaves| T: A D Brown| OR: 66

14/1

Latest win at Beverley in May. Good neck second of 6 to Mystical Maria in handicap at Redcar (10f, good, 9/4) 12 days ago. 1 lb nudge for that near-miss is fair enough, but AW record stands at 0-7.

Form: 105542

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(1)

Princess Amber¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Elizabeth Gale⁽⁵⁾| T: Dr R Newland| OR: 68

40/1

12/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f) 14 days ago and others make more appeal on this occasion.

Form: 724306

(2)

Mystical Maria¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 59

7/1

2/1, won 6-runner handicap at Redcar (10f, good) 12 days ago by neck from the re-opposing Princess Niyla (1 lb pull). Remains on a workable mark up 2 lb and will surely have a say if able to back that up back on AW.

Form: 985561

(5)

Opera Wave^h¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: J P Spencer| T: D M Simcock| OR: 65

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 13/2 and hooded for 1st time, excellent second of 5 in handicap at Newmarket (10f, good) 19 days ago. Probably wouldn't need to find too much improvement in order to play a leading role here.

Form: 4552

(6)

Bay Dream Believer^h⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Rhys Elliott⁽⁵⁾| T: M Walford| OR: 55

14/1

Temperamental sort. 3 wins from 9 runs this year. 5/1, won 6-runner handicap at Ripon (9.8f, good to firm) 9 days ago, helped by being held up in strongly-run race. Out of luck all 6 previous runs on the AW and her winning run may well come to an end in this contest.

Form: 555111

(4)

Night Tara⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Callum Shepherd| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 59

5/6

Promising individual. Winner at Chelmsford in August. 7/2, good second of 8 in handicap at the same course (10f) 5 days ago. Bold show anticipated with an extra furlong to travel here.

Form: 99612

(7)

Regal Glory^p1²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Mark Winn| T: Roger Fell| OR: 47

15/2

One win from 30 Flat runs. Very good second of 12 in handicap at Leicester (10f, firm, 17/2) 25 days ago, staying on well. Cheekpieces enlisted for this tapeta debut and, though 2 lb 'wrong' at the weights.

Form: 630372

Forecasts

Night Tara (5/6), Opera Wave (4/1), Mystical Maria (7/1), Regal Glory (15/2), Princess Niyla (14/1), Bay Dream Believer (14/1), Princess Amber (40/1)

It's unlikely that we have seen the best of NIGHT TARA, who built on her narrow handicap debut success at Chelmsford when finding just one too good back there on Saturday. She gets the nod ahead of another lightly-raced 3-y-o in Opera Wave, while Mystical Maria is taken to reverse recent Redcar placings with Princess Niyla and also take a hand in the finish.