PARADISE WALK looks ripe for a hat-trick in the Sodexo Live! Fillies' Handicap (5.12) at Ascot on Friday afternoon.
The Ralph Beckett-trained daughter of Starman qualified for a British Horseracing Authority handicap mark of 78 on the back of second placings at Chelmsford City and Southwell and Wolverhampton.
Fitted with blinkers, Paradise Walk didn't shine on her debut in the sphere when ninth to Cinque Verde on the first day of Newmarket's Guineas Festival at the beginning of May.
But Paradise Walk took a big step forward to gain a first career success from three rivals in a six-furlong handicap at Windsor next time, beating Space Party by three-quarters of a length.
And my selection followed up back at five when accounting for Secret Mistral at Nottingham last time out.
The assessor's latest recalculation means that Hector Crouch's partner must compete from a rating of 80 after a 4lb rise.
But there is more to come and a third straight win is on the cards.
Sandown selection
At Sandown, IMPERIAL CULT and Jack Callan are expected to prove a potent combination in the Close Brothers Asset Finance Apprentice Handicap (5.15).
After all-weather successes at Lingfield and Kempton Park, George Baker's seven-year-old stumbled leaving the stalls in search of the hat-trick at Epsom but still rattled home to be beaten less than a length in fourth behind Super Hit.
Granted better luck at the start, Imperial Cult can resume normal service.
Friday's selections
ASCOT
2.20 ASH TREE
2.55 SILVER DOMINION
3.30 FIREBLADE
4.05 THEORY OF TIDES
4.40 HAVANA BLUE
5.12 PARADISE WALK (NAP)
UTTOXETER
1.40 LIKEWHATYOUSEE
2.10 ASHDOWN FOREST
2.40 THICKTHORN TOM
3.15 IZZY'S GREY
3.50 ROCK HURLEY
4.25 JAMMY JAY
5.00 ICE JET
5.35 SPARKLING WATER
THIRSK
2.00 LITTLE LADY KAREN
2.30 BLESSED VOYAGER
3.05 LADY DUBLIN
3.40 TUPERO
4.18 TAYGAR
4.53 DUBAI VENTURE
5.27 SO GRATEFUL
YORK
5.32 ALPHA CAPTURE
6.05 VAGUELY ROYAL
6.40 CORAL COVE
7.15 GRANT WOOD
7.50 DIAMOND RAIN
8.25 GO VINCE GO
SANDOWN PARK
5.15 IMPERIAL CULT (NB)
5.47 BINT PALACE PIER
6.20 APPIER
6.55 HOT AND COLD
7.30 CRISTO
8.05 NORFOLK BLUE
CHEPSTOW
5.18 ABSOLUTE DIAMOND
5.52 FOREST BERRY
6.26 PREFER THE SISTER
7.01 EUTROPIA
7.36 PRINCE ALI
8.11 SO SMART
8.46 CITY ESCAPE
DOUBLE: PARADISE WALK and IMPERIAL CULT
