Hollie Doyle's Blog: Gaining Insight into Derby Contender Wareeth

This week, Sky Sports Racing ambassador Hollie Doyle will be competing at Newmarket's Craven meeting, with a highly anticipated ride on Derby prospect Wareeth in the Listed Feilden Stakes. On Wednesday, we will discover if Wareeth has the potential to be a Derby horse when he participates in the Listed Feilden Stakes. The additional furlong will be ideal for the Sea The Stars colt, who is taking a significant step up in class after winning his novice race over 1m at Newcastle last month by an impressive 14 lengths. Although Wareeth does not have a Derby entry, we have been pleased with Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum's colt since his racecourse debut. I had the opportunity to ride him last week, and he felt good, but we will know more after this second start. Aidan O'Brien's Isaac Newton has an edge in terms of experience, having won his maiden at Goodwood and finishing fourth in the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud in the autumn. He holds a Derby entry and has an official rating of 106, setting the standard. Like Wareeth, Godolphin's Poseidon's Warrior is moving up from novice company after winning over this distance at Goodwood and is also entered in the Classic. Not surprisingly, all three colts are entered in the traditional Derby trial, the Group 2 Dante at York next month. I am expecting another strong performance from Heather Main's sprinter ZOULU CHIEF in the Weatherbys With Venatour Racing Handicap on Wednesday. He has been active on the All-Weather over the winter, winning at Wolverhampton and giving a good battle to Listed winner Completely Random at Lingfield Park. Approaching his prime as a five-year-old, he is a few pounds higher than his best winning performance at York in 2023 but appears to be a 90 horse. I have had the chance to ride work on Jane Chapple-Hyam's outsider HARLEQUIN BREEZE and can confirm that she deserves her place in the Group 3 Lanwades Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes on Wednesday. Despite her likely odds, this tough New Bay daughter brings some potentially smart form into this Betfred 1000 Guineas trial after getting within a neck of William Haggas's well-regarded Zooming. Harlequin Breeze is still a maiden after three starts but has improved with every run and impressed me with her determination over course and distance back in November. IMPOSSIBLE MISSION needs to prove that he is as good on turf as he is on the All-Weather when he receives weight from all his rivals in the National Stud Handicap on Wednesday. John Butler's three-year-old made a winning handicap debut under Neil Callan at Wolverhampton in November and should have come on for his reappearance there last month when he was just too keen. Meanwhile, it will be all about experience for Des Donovan's LADY FIZZ in the Molson Coors British EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes. This debutant takes on fillies from some powerful yards over 1m, which may be a minimum trip for her in due course, being out of a 10f winning daughter of Golden Horn. I am looking forward to being back at Newmarket on Thursday to ride Marco Botti's Shergar Cup winner PRINCE OF INDIA in the Zyn Abernant Stakes. It will be the first time I have ridden him on the track, but I liked him when I sat on him on the gallops last year. He is a powerfully built colt who could prove a force in stakes sprints this summer. It looks like being a wide-open race, but this son of Wootton Bassett should be spot on after a creditable comeback in the Listed Lady Wulfruna Stakes at Wolverhampton last month. I am expecting big things from Hawk Mountain this year, so I will be disappointed if he does not make a winning return in the Group 3 Betway Craven Stakes at Newmarket on Thursday. Aidan O'Brien's son of Wootton Bassett is already a Group 1 winner after taking the Futurity Trophy at Doncaster last October and can strengthen his own Derby claims at Headquarter. Another favourite of mine is Karl Burke's Boiling Point, who returns to turf in the Group 3 Betway Earl Of Sefton Stakes on Wednesday. The Cambridgeshire winner probably needed the outing in a steadily run Winter Derby, but with that run under his belt, he can establish himself as a genuine Pattern performer this season.