Third time should be the charm for promising juvenile at Down Royal

Down Royal hosts its Ladbrokes Ulster Cesarewitch fixture on SaturdayCredit: Patrick McCann

Lady Penelope
1.40 Down Royal
3pts win

There have been plenty positives to be taken from Lady Penelope's opening couple of starts and Joseph O'Brien's filly could well get her turn in Down Royal's opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden (1.40).

The smooth-travelling daughter of Night Of Thunder shaped well on debut at Navan before stepping forward on softer ground at Tipperary, only finding Fozzy Stack's Piece Of Paradise, who has since run with credit behind the ultra-impressive Mums Tipple at York in the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Stakes, too strong.

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Published on 30 August 2019inHorse racing tips

Last updated 17:33, 30 August 2019

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