Lingfield, Southwell, Newcastle and ParisLongchamp are the venues for today's action - live on Sky Sports Racing. Listed winners Drazinda and Armor Supreme lock horns in the Group three Prix d'Arenberg. The Francis-Henri Graffard-trained Drazinda has improved with each run this season after a nice debut win.
After chasing down Victorious and Senorita Bonita in the Queen Mary when drawn on the wrong side, she placed second in a Listed race before going one better last month. A quality-looking edition of the Group 1 Prix Morny was a step too far, but this Sioux Nation filly still ran creditably and can continue her progression down in grade. She just about sets the standard, although Diego Dias' progressive filly Armor Supreme beat the former in the Queen Mary when drawn on the quicker side.
She then franked the form when scoring at Listed level impressively over at the Curragh last time out. She should be primed for a big run and these two should be closely matched. Grayrobin won two on the bounce since moving to Kate McGivern before finishing just over a length behind the aforementioned Armor Supreme.
She should go close again, albeit the winner was well on top at the line that day. Archie Watson's Vollering and Valentina Bella round off the field of five, but both will need to improve a fair bit to feature at the front end. On home soil, the highly-tried Kamaal drops in class against Arqana Series fifth Mouj Albuhoor in the Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 / EBF Novice Stakes.
Jack Jones' son of Minzaal sets a solid standard with an eye-catching 10th in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot. He then took a step backwards when eighth in the Rose Bowl but the ground may have been a touch too quick that day for a sharp six furlongs at Newbury. He shaped as if seven furlongs could suit when staying on at the Royal meeting and as a half-brother to Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf third North Coast, who ran his best at two over a mile, this lad can get back on track down in grade and up in trip.
Never miss a story with all the latest racing news, interviews and features on your phone. Find out more The opposition is not without potential, with the Richard Hughes-trained Mouj Albuhoor clearly well thought of having gone off a short-priced favourite in the valuable Arqana Series Stakes at Deauville last month. He raced too freely to win that day but ran creditably in fifth and could be quite a nice type going forward.
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