Sister to champion two-year-old Earthlight makes her debut at Wolverhampton

While all eyes will be on Cheltenham once again on Thursday, at Wolverhampton Godolphin unveil a sister to Earthlight, the French champion two-year-old of 2020.

Callisto Moon, by the brilliant Shamardal, makes her debut in the 7f three-year-old fillies' novice (7.30) for Charlie Appleby and James Doyle.

Her oldest brother stands at Darley's Kildangan Stud and the unbeaten two-year-old has welcomed his first foals this year. Earthlight won the Middle Park Stakes in a juvenile course record time for Andre Fabre, adding to his success in the Prix Morny. Earthlight also won the Group 3 Prix de Cabourg in his five race winning streak.

At three he was a neck second to One Master in the Prix de la Foret and won the Group 3 Prix du Pin, as well as finishing fourth in the Prix Maurice de Gheest to fellow Kildangan resident Space Blues.

Earthlight is the only runner so far out of Winter's Moon who was third in the Fillies' Mile for Godolphin and Saeed bin Suroor. She is a homebred New Approach half-sister to the Prix Saint-Alary winner Wavering and Mandaean, who won the Criterium de Saint-Cloud.

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They are out of the Group 3 Prix des Reservoirs winner Summertime Legacy, who was also third in the Prix Saint Alary and the Darshaan mare is from the family of champion sire Be My Guest.

As befitting such a well-bred filly, Callisto Moon holds exciting entries later in the season, including in the Irish 1,000 Guineas.

Callisto Moon takes on six other fillies with two more debutantes among the field. Daniel and Claire Kubler start off Eminent Angel, the Middlebrooks' homebred daughter of Dark Angel out of Eminently, an Exceed And Excel half-sister to Sprint Cup and Nunthorpe Stakes winner Reverence.

Kevin Ryan takes the wraps off Time To Parley by Invincible Spirit and the first foal out of the Group 3 Chartwell Fillies' Stakes winner and Albany Stakes runner-up Ashadihan, who was also trained by Ryan for Time to Parley's connections.

Queen Aminatu, who was second on both her starts for William Haggas and owner-breeder Anthony Oppenheimer, sets the standard.

The Muhaarar filly is a granddaughter of Tullynally, a Dansili half-sister to 2,000 Guineas winner and sire Footstepsinthesand and Group 1 Phoenix Stakes winner Pedro The Great. She is also a half-sister to Frappe, dam of Group 1 winners Power and Curvy, from the family of Mahler.

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