ROSE OF HONOUR (8.08, Nap) is fancied to bounce back to form and land the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies' Handicap at Newmarket on Friday evening.
The James Tate-trained daughter of Night Of Thunder won both her starts as a two-year-old last September, landing six-furlong novice stakes at Kempton Park and Southwell. My selection then made it three from three when beating Papa Cocktail by a neck in a handicap over the same trip at Doncaster at the start of May.
Rose Of Honour lost her unbeaten record when 10th of 15 behind Argentine Tango in the Listed Land O'Burns Fillies' Stakes at Ayr last time out – but there are reasons to expect better here. Not only was she stepping up in class, but the step back to five furlongs and a first encounter with soft ground presented new challenges. Back in handicaps, on quicker terrain and returning to six furlongs, Hector Crouch's mount can show her true colours.
Wolverhampton Next Best
At Wolverhampton, CHAPTER (4.28, nb) looks capable of shaking up favourite Go Rimbaud in the Free Race Replays On attheraces.com Handicap. Charlie Hills' son of Dark Angel responded to the fitting of blinkers to score at Sandown Park last month and a 4lb rise is within range if the headgear retains its galvanising properties.
Full Friday Selections
WOLVERHAMPTON
2.13 SEQUEL STAR
2.43 HIERARCHY
3.18 KORBUT
3.53 MOOSTAR
4.28 CHAPTER (NB)
5.00 DANCE TIME
5.35 BONE MARRA
NOTTINGHAM
2.22 CELESTIAL CEN
2.52 TAWAKAL
3.27 MERRIJIG
4.02 LIQUID COOLED
4.40 WASHINGTON HEIR
5.10 REVICH
HAMILTON PARK
5.30 NIGHTSINWHITESATIN
6.05 NICELY
6.40 BRANDENBURG
7.15 MANILA SCOUSE
7.50 PRIZELAND
8.25 ROCK OF ENGLAND
9.00 SECOND FIDDLE
NEWBURY
3.00 FORCE OF LIGHT
3.35 MARSALA
4.10 SALE SHARK
4.45 LIGHTNING GLORY
5.20 GREEN SKY
5.55 NAP HAND
NEWMARKET
5.15 GRACEFUL SONG
5.48 CERRO BLANCO
6.23 COUNTER INTUITIVE
6.58 HIGH DEGREE
7.33 GRANDLAD
8.08 ROSE OF HONOUR (NAP)
8.43 BORN A REBEL
PONTEFRACT
6.00 HANSTEEN
6.32 MAXIMUS MERIDIUS
7.07 BADRI
7.42 BEST RATE
8.17 ALFA WHITEBURD
8.52 RAVISHING BEAUTY
DOUBLE: ROSE OF HONOUR and CHAPTER



