Goldinthesea Aims for Winning Debut at Southwell
Wednesday evening brings exciting All-Weather racing from Southwell, broadcast live on Sky Sports Racing. The Come Racing For Free 18th June Novice Stakes promises to be a thrilling encounter, featuring three relatively untested colts. Following a recent transfer from Joseph O'Brien's stable to Ed Bethell's, Goldinthesea emerges as an intriguing contender, having impressed at Dundalk in January. The form of that race has been reinforced by the third-place finisher's subsequent victory, suggesting that this No Nay Never offspring could have a bright future ahead with his new connections. Penny Time, trained by Hugo Plamer, is another exciting prospect who could achieve great things, having convincingly won at Southwell last month. Owen Burrows' Sassicaia, a winner at Wolverhampton in December, remains an unknown quantity with potential for growth. Debutant Shadow Boxer, representing Victorious Forever, was purchased for €520,000, and the market will provide more insight into this colt's abilities. For the latest updates, news, interviews, and features, find out more about accessing racing news on your phone. Another competitive race is the Ladies Day Sunday 16th August Fillies' Handicap, where three recent winners will clash. Cool Molly, having won the All-Weather Vase Fillies' Handicap at Lingfield 12 days ago, is up three pounds and commands respect with her third career win and two victories in her last three starts. Vencedora, carrying the Sheikh Mohammed Obaid colors and trained by Karl Burke, has a different profile, being lightly raced and relatively unexposed, with her first run of the season following a win at Newmarket in September. Rogue Citation, representing The Rogues Gallery, shares a similar profile with Vencedora, having only run twice, with her only victory coming last time out in October. It will be fascinating to see how these fillies have wintered and if they can compete against the race-fit Cool Molly. For the latest news, interviews, and features from Sky Sports Racing, visit their website. The evening concludes with Seven Fires attempting to complete a hat-trick on her fifth career start in the Summer Socials At Southwell Racecourse Fillies' Handicap. Having shown versatility in her wins at Newcastle, making all on debut in February and coming from behind to win last month, she steps back up to six furlongs and is expected to be tough to beat. Top-rated Barefoot Beach bids to return to winning form after a narrow defeat at Kempton, having shown promise in her debut win over the same track and distance. Zighy, having broken her maiden, could yet prove better, having finished in the top three in all five starts. Other notable races include Betelgeuse seeking another course and distance win at 6:30 Southwell, and action from Happy Valley with Zac Purton, Harry Bentley, Hugh Bowman, and Andrea Atzeni in action.