A nice contest on the card is the Group Three Fillies' Sprint Stakes over 6f and we are siding with the Aidan O'Brien trained Meditate.
The two year old filly is a €360,000 daughter of No Nay Never that made a very pleasing debut at the Curragh in April when taking a Fillies' Maiden by close to four lengths.
O'Brien's horses normally need the run first time out which would suggest there is improvement to come from her and she looks a very exciting prospect.
| Date | Course | Distance | Type | Weight | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/05/23 | NMK | 8 | Sft | 9-2 | 6 |
| 04/11/22 | KEE | 8 | Fm | 8-10 | 1 |
| 24/09/22 | NMK | 6 | Gd | 9-2 | 2 |
| 11/09/22 | CUR | 7 | Sft | 9-2 | 2 |
| 20/08/22 | CUR | 7 | Gd | 9-2 | 1 |
Aidan O'Brien sends a superb team to Naas on Sunday starting in the opener with the full brother to Battaash, The Antarctic looking to make it back to back wins.
In the G3 Fillies' Sprint Stakes O'Brien is mob handed with La Dolce Vita and Meditate set to go close, with the latter having the best of the two chances.
The Ballydoyle maestro has New York City in the Group Three Lacken Stakes with the three year old looking to make it a hat-trick of wins.
Other big chances for the yard come in the way of four runners in the Fillies' Maiden, with Forever and Always looking like the stables first string.
O'Brien heads into the weekend sporting a strike rate of 28% for the last two weeks managing 11 winners from his last 39 runners.
The jockey who should be followed on Sunday is the champion Colin Keane, who looks to have a nice book of rides for his retained owner Ger Lyons.
In the opener he sits on Little Keilee who needs to improve off the back of her debut and then in the Loisted Sole Power Spring Stakes he should go close on the favourite Geocentric.
Keane has a big chance in the Listed Owenstown Stud Stakes on Lust who has put up two good efforts this term and should go close again.
One of the best chances of the afternoon for the rider comes in the G3 Lacken Stakes with Straight Answer looking to reverse the form with New York City.
Other nice rides for the experienced jockey is Goonyaboyya in the Fillies' Maiden, Recurrent Dream in the penultimate event and Hale Bopp in the finale.
