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 unexposed colts. Goldinthesea, recently transferred from Joseph O'Brien's yard to Ed Bethell's, is an intriguing runner after impressing at Dundalk in January.
The form has been boosted, with the third-place finisher winning since, suggesting a promising future for Goldinthesea with his new connections. Penny Time, trained by Hugo Palmer, is an exciting prospect, having won convincingly at Southwell last month, beating a previous winner into second.
He aims to secure his third win in as many starts. Owen Burrows' Sassicaia has only raced once, winning at Wolverhampton in December, and like the others, remains an unknown quantity with potential for growth. Debutant Shadow Boxer, representing Victorious Forever, cost €520,000, and the market will provide more insight into this colt.
Another competitive race is the Ladies Day Sunday 16th August Fillies' Handicap, where three recent winners clash. Cool Molly, up three pounds after winning the All-Weather Vase Fillies' Handicap at Lingfield, has to be respected, given her two wins from her last three starts. Vencedora, carrying the famous Sheikh Mohammed Obaid colours, has a different profile, being lightly raced and unexposed for Karl Burke. She makes her first run of the season after winning for the first time in a three-runner race at Newmarket in September.
Rogue Citation, representing The Rogues Gallery, comes with a similar profile to Vencedora, having only run twice, with her only win coming last time out in October. It will be interesting to see how these fillies have wintered and if they can compete against the race-fit Cool Molly. 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.
Her two wins at Newcastle showcased her versatility, and stepping back up to six furlongs, she should be tough to beat. Top-rated Barefoot Beach bids to bounce back to winning ways after a close second at Kempton, having shown promise with a win over the same track and trip on debut.
Zighy, having gotten off the mark last seen, could yet prove better, having not been out of the top three in all five of her starts.