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NEWMARKET 1.45, PRETTY POLLY STAKES, LISTED, 3YO, 1M2F
Ralph Beckett’s Likealot is a non-runner here bringing the field down to seven, five of which currently hold an entry in the Oaks at Epsom next month (Anna Swan and Life Is Beautiful are the exceptions). Three remain unbeaten – Trad Jazz, Falakeyah and Sand Gazelle – and the sure-fire favourite is Owen Burrows’s Falakeyah, who is no bigger than 20-1 for next month’s Epsom Classic despite having raced only once, in a minor event at Wolverhampton in November. The pre-race betting suggested that Falakeyah might be a cut above the usual standard of runners on a chilly November evening in the midlands, as she set off as the even-money favourite to beat 10 opponents, and so it proved as Jim Crowley’s mount powered nearly six lengths clear. She is not the only wide-margin winner in the field, though, as Janey Mackers was similarly impressive in a maiden at Doncaster in October while also posting a useful time in the circumstances, and at the likely odds – 9-4 versus 5-1 at this moment – I’d probably prefer to be with David Menuisier’s filly.
