'I'm not tipping her at odds-on' - why this horse can win the 2023 Sun Chariot Stakes on Saturday plus 1-2-3 predictions

The Virgin Bet Sun Chariot Stakes (3.15) takes centre stage at Newmarket on Saturday, but who will win the mile Group 1? Our top tipsters have had their say on the day's big race.

Inspiral

Forecast odds: 10-11f

By David Jennings

It's boring, but it's hard to envisage anything other than an easy Inspiral victory. Yes, I know she has been beaten at 1-7 and 11-10 in the past, but she has won six of her eight starts when she has been sent off at 2-1 or shorter. She is not the ultimate dodgepot or anything close to it.

She is the most talented filly in the race who has her ground and comes into the contest off the back of the second-best display of her entire career in the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville. She has had a nice 55-day break since that, too. I feel a lot needs to go wrong for her not to get the right result.

Inspiral15:15 Newmarket

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Jky: Frankie Dettori Tnr: John & Thady Gosden

Mqse De Sevigne

Forecast odds: 7-2

By Stuart Redding

Andre Fabre suffered a frustrating Arc meeting but he can pick up some Group 1 consolation with Mqse De Sevigne.

She had developed a frustrating habit of finishing second but she got back to winning ways over this trip at Deauville in July and added a second Group 1 in the Prix Jean Romanet three weeks later. That form is just behind the standard set by Inspiral but she is still improving and looks overpriced to me.

The supplemented Heredia is another each-way option.

Mqse De Sevigne15:15 Newmarket

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Jky: Alexis Pouchin Tnr: A Fabre

Heredia

Forecast odds: 9-1

By Robbie Wilders

Sun Chariot favourite Inspiral has been beaten at short prices on multiple occasions in her career and cannot be said to be improving, while Mqse De Sevigne won't get her ground.

This could be ripe for an upset and the progressive Heredia gets my vote.

Heredia's recent Atalanta Stakes strike at Sandown, when she was poorly positioned in a race that was slowly run, was given a nice boost last week.

The three she comfortably beat filled three of the first four places in the Rosemary Stakes. Having begun her season at a sprinting distance, Heredia is looking like a true miler nowadays, and her connections can be rewarded for forking out a substantial supplementary fee.

Heredia15:15 Newmarket

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Jky: Sean Levey Tnr: Richard Hannon

Heredia: can she land the Sun Chariot Stakes?Credit: Alan Crowhurst / Getty Images

Heredia

Forecast odds: 9-1

By James Hill

I'm not tipping Inspiral at odds-on. She should win, but has had enough blowouts during her career to suggest it's worth seeking an alternative.

The Andre Fabre-trained Mqse De Sevigne is the obvious one, but most of her form this term has been over a mile and a quarter on soft ground. Meditate has shown little this year, so with Just Beautiful not declared I'll side with Heredia.

This is a big step up in class for Richard Hannon's filly, but I was impressed with her performance when landing a Group 3 at Sandown last time and she's always had the potential to be a proper Pattern-race horse. Whether she truly cuts it at the top level we shall see.

Heredia15:15 Newmarket

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Jky: Sean Levey Tnr: Richard Hannon

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2023 Sun Chariot Stakes: 1-2-3 predictions

David Jennings

1 Inspiral
2 Mqse De Sevigne
3 Meditate

Stuart Redding

1 Mqse De Sevigne
2 Inspiral
3 Heredia

James Hill

1 Heredia
2 Inspiral
3 Mqse De Sevigne

Robbie Wilders

1 Heredia
2 Inspiral
3 Mqse De Sevigne

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