Leovanni team eager for Queen Mary test
Wathnan Racing-owned filly will line up on day two at Royal Ascot.
Wathnan Racing are excited by the potential of Leovanni as she steps up in class for the Queen Mary Stakes on the second day of Royal Ascot. The Karl Burke-trained filly bolted up on her racecourse debut at Nottingham a fortnight ago and is one of a number of exciting two-year-olds for the Qatari operation. Racing adviser Richard Brown is now eager to see just what they have with her as she tackles Group Two company.👀
Leovanni, a GBP 190,000 buy from the breeze-ups, looks a real prospect with the Kodi Bear filly much the best on debut for @karl_burke, @the_doyler and Wathnan Racing @NottsRacecourse pic.twitter.com/XOsP56khSU — Racing TV (@RacingTV) June 5, 2024
Brown said: “James (Doyle) was quite taken with Leovanni and she did it nicely at Nottingham. “I like the way she travelled, she travelled away really nicely on the bridle without pulling. She’s an easy mover, she’s economical, very fast and strong at the line which she is going to have to be with it being a stiff uphill finish at Ascot. “She was going away from them at the line at Nottingham and galloped out strongly. She has that profile of one run, one win and there will be a group of fillies who will have the same, but we have just got to hope for luck and then find out if we are good enough.”
Off the mark 🚀
Well-bred Kassaya (Kingman), half-sister to Chaldean, breaks her maiden tag at the second time of asking for Andrew Balding @NottsRacecourse @BetRhino | @rob_hornby18 pic.twitter.com/v2Ph7Ju6tQ — Racing TV (@RacingTV) June 2, 2024
Lovely debut!
Spherical impresses winning easily first time out at @GTYarmouthRaces for @varianstable and James Doyle… pic.twitter.com/TtDJ1RRJmZ — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) May 22, 2024
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