Black-Type Analysis: Nine Aiming For Tattersalls Stakes Glory And Dewhurst Clues

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Thursday, Newmarket, post time: 15:35, THE TATTERSALLS STAKES (REGISTERED AS THE SOMERVILLE TATTERSALL STAKES)-G3, £60,000, 2yo, c/g, 7fT

Field: Archer Royal (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Catullus (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Commander's Intent (Fr) (Victor Ludorum {GB}), Distant Storm (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Northern Champion (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Rogue Supremacy (GB) (St Mark's Basilica {Fr}), Special Dividend (GB) (Ardad {Ire}), Stellar Sunrise (GB) (Space Blues {Ire}), Wechaad (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}).

TDN Analysis: This is a kind of Dewhurst trial and sometimes a pointer to the following year's Guineas, with Wichita and Modern Games two of the last six winners. The latter is one of Godolphin's recent success stories on the track and the operation is heavy-handed here, with TDN Rising Star and Acomb third Distant Storm and the wide-margin Yarmouth winner Catullus from the Appleby stable and the Chelmsford scorer Archer Royal from Clarehaven. At different stages of their development, all three possess the kind of obvious potential you'd expect from one in the royal blue and this will tell connections a lot more. The Royal Ascot Racing Club's York nursery winner Stellar Sunrise has already shown an adequate level of ability taking on peers the hard way, unlike TBT Racing's promising Northern Champion who beat only fellow newcomers in Deauville's Arqana Series des Poulains last month. He has to step up, but the way he went through that race suggests he could be one of the names bandied about when discussion of the 2026 Classics takes place. [Tom Frary].

Friday, Newmarket, post time: 15:00, THE BOYLE SPORTS DAILY RACING REWARDS JOEL STAKES-G2, £125,000, 3yo/up, 8fT

Field: Flight Plan (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Prague (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Victory Dance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Detain (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Opera Ballo (Ire) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}), Snow Master (GB) (Ardad {Ire}), Zeus Olympios (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}).

TDN Analysis: With only one blot on his copybook, Godolphin's Opera Ballo remains an exciting prospect at this trip and beyond and the Listed Heron Stakes and Listed Sir Henry Cecil Stakes winner will be a warm order to continue his trajectory here. He faces another unexposed three-year-old in the unbeaten G3 Superior Mile winner Zeus Olympios, with the pair some way ahead of the rest in terms of x-factor if not ratings. [Tom Frary].

Friday, Newmarket, post time: 14:25, THE BOYLE SPORTS HOME OF EARLY PAYOUT ROCKFEL STAKES-G2, £100,000, 2yo, f, 7fT

Field: Awaken (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Ice Sovereigns (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}), Mandarin Spirit (Ire) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}), Moon Target (GB) (Cracksman {GB}), Nandita (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Samra Green (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), Sukanya (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), The Prettiest Star (GB) (Starman {GB}), Touleen (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Zanthos (Fr) (Sioux Nation).

TDN Analysis: The way that Shadwell's exciting Touleen dealt with fellow TDN Rising Star Zanthos at Leicester suggests she heads the pecking order here, with the pair dominating the market. David Ward's homebred The Prettiest Star is one of a clutch of maiden and novice winners adding the kind of intrigue you would expect of a Guineas pointer and she looked a smart prospect at Nottingham on debut. Having won her first two starts in the manner of a genuine Classic prospect and finished a close second to the subsequent Moyglare winner in the Prestige, Moon Target couldn't have been more disappointing in the May Hill and it is interesting that Sir Mark Prescott has her out again so soon fitted with cheekpieces for the first time. [Tom Frary].

Friday, Newmarket, post time: 13:50, THE PRINCESS ROYAL STAKES-G3, £85,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 12fT

Field: Ambiente Amigo (GB) (Postponed {Ire}), Chorus (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Jane Temple (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), Karmology (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}), Miss Justice (GB) (Justify), Favorite Memory (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Little Dorrit (GB) (Camelot {GB}), Revoir (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}), Silent Love (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Spirited Style (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Understudy (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}).

TDN Analysis: As in the Joel, the three-year-olds look the ones to focus on here with William Buick opting for the Listed Aphrodite Stakes winner Spirited Style over the Listed Chalice Stakes winner Silent Love. The former has not been seen finishing down the field in the Preis der Diana and the stable jockey is obviously keen to dismiss that. Of the older brigade, Miss Justice has the most appeal and the Listed Upavon Stakes scorer could be a typical improver for the Gosdens now that she has found the winning groove. [Tom Frary].

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