Group Two Temple Stakes Guide 2021

The first runner of the event is the star sprinter for John Quinn with Liberty Beach holding a huge chance in the race having shown she can go well fresh and will also be getting the weight allowance.

The four year old was smart as a juvenile landing Listed events and also the Group Three Molecomb Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.

Back for another term last season she scored on debut at Haydock over 6f in a Listed event and then went on to finish a good third behind Battaash in the Group One King's Stands Stakes.

Another good placed effort came in the Group Three Coral Charge at Sandown and she then went back to Goodwood in the King George Qatar Stakes, again finishing in behind the likes of Battaash and Glass Slippers.

Tried back at Group One level on her second to last start, she was outclassed in the Flying Five Stakes at The Curragh and she then rounded off the season in the Prix de l'Abbaye at ParisLongchamp and was a close third.

The form of most of those runs last term makes her the right favourite and getting her favourable soft ground makes her a huge player.

The inform Jabbarockie is seeking a hat-trick in this event on Saturday having been seen twice this term at Musselburgh and Chester, winning nicely on both starts.

The eight year old has seen it all in this division, but now back mixing it with the big boys leaves him vulnerable on his best form.

He started the season off in the Scottish Sprint Cup at Musselburgh and having been heavily backed he narrowly scored for favourite backers, staying out the 5f well.

The gelding then headed to Chester for a decent Class 2 Handicap where he landed the event in good style, with the third placed Copper Knight going on to win a nice handicap at York next time out.

Jabbarockie, although a lovely horse in his own right has only proved it recently at handicap level and stepping into Group Two company leaves him needing more.

The Michael Dods trained Que Amoro is a very classy sprinter that was found out slightly when last seen in Group One company but still holds plenty of ability and can't be overlooked.

The five furlong specialist put together some special performances last term when winning on seasonal debut in a Listed event at Ayr after close to a year off the track.

She then went to York in another Listed event finishing third behind the smart Moss Gill and that served as a great prep run ahead of the Group On Nunthorpe Stakes where she finished a superb second to leading sprinter Battaash.

The mare then tried her hand again in black type company at The Curragh, but flopped in the Flying Five Stakes and was not seen again that term.

Having gone well fresh in the past she can't be overlooked at a nice each way price, but she is fairly unknown on soft ground.

Another consistent sprinter who has a blinding season for John Quinn is Keep Busy, who will be looking to pick up where she left off last term.

The filly made a good start to last term when second on two of her opening three events, at Sandown in Listed Scurry Stakes and then in the big fielded handicap at Ascot behind Art Power.

Having ran poorly in a Group Three at York she bounced back to form at Hamilton in a minor event and used that to finish a close second in a good handicap at York.

She went close again in a Listed event at Beverley when third, but gave a career best effort off the back of that in the Group One Flying Five Stakes at The Curragh when a narrow second to Glass Slippers.

Keep Busy rounded off the season with a good fifth in the Prix de l'Abbaye in France and having showed she can mix it at the top level, she can go close.

Lady In France for Karl Burke is an interesting runner, who has shown glimpses of ability but is prone to throwing in some bad runs.

Seen five times last season the mare only won once and that was on her second start at York on good ground in a Listed event, seeing off Keep Busy.

After that she was tried in France twice, finishing third in a Group Three sprint event and then gave a career best to finish a close fourth in the Prix de l'Abbaye.

She has been seen once this term and like most of her seasonal debuts she needed the run and will only come on for that, but it might not be enough.

One of the outsiders of the field is Declaring Love for John Butler and this daughter of Dubawi is stepping into the unknown slightly having not mixed it with this calibre of sprinter.

Having been a fair runner on the all weather at the start of the year, winning two of her three events, she stepped up for her first run on turf last time out in April.

She landed a 14 runner event over 5f on quick ground at Bath in a decent Listed event and is now seeking a hat-trick.

The filly is unproven on soft ground and stepping up in class is another red flag, with some of these sprinters proven at this level.

The final runner of the event is the second of Karl Burke's attack on the race with Ainsdale being the big 25/1 outsider of the field.

The son of Mayson like many in the field has proven he can win over this trip, but this season has been seen twice in weaker events and has struggled.

He made his seasonal debut at Doncaster in the Listed Cammidge Trophy and looked to need the run and although being a better third last time out at Chester, the form of his two runs to date makes him opposable.