Nashwa on course for Nassau - but Inspiral among other top fillies missing out

Baaeed is unlikely to be the only odds-on Group 1 shot at Glorious Goodwood next week with Nashwa’s Nassau Stakes task made easier by the defections of stablemate Inspiral and La Petite Coco.

The €1 million Prix Jacques le Marois is under consideration for Inspiral following her shock first defeat in the Falmouth Stakes, while Pretty Polly Stakes scorer La Petite Coco, who was similarly prominent in the ante-post betting for the Nassau (3.35 July 28), was on Tuesday scratched from the £600,000 feature event on day three.

Coronation Stakes heroine Inspiral, trained by John and Thady Gosden, was beaten at odds of 1-7 by Prosperous Voyage at Newmarket’s July festival and has been given an extended break prior to a possible crack at the Deauville Group 1 on August 14.

Chris Richardson, managing director of owner-breeders Cheveley Park Stud, said: “Inspiral seems to have come out of the race well and has been given a freshen up. We haven’t finalised plans but the Jacques le Marois is under consideration. We wanted to give her a good four- or five-week break between the races so it slots in well.”

Sacred: has Lennox and Sussex Stakes options at Glorious GoodwoodCredit: Alan Crowhurst (Getty Images)

Sacred, who ran a fine race on her return when a length fifth in the Platinum Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, will be kept in the Lennox and Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood at the six-day stage, with preference for the former on the opening day, while Twilight Calls will bid to tee up a tilt at the Nunthorpe in the King George Qatar Stakes on Friday week.

“We’ll leave Sacred in both races but we’re favouring the Lennox,” said Richardson. “We’ll look at the fields but seven furlongs is probably the ideal trip for her. She runs so well fresh and that’s why she’s run so few times – she’s so game and we’ll be spacing her races well.

“Twilight Calls will head to Goodwood and is improving with every run. We’ve had a very dry period and he bounces off this good ground.”

Nashwa (far) beat La Parisienne by a short neck in the Prix de DianeCredit: Julien De Rosa (AFP Getty Images)

The Prix de l’Opera and a first trip to the Breeders’ Cup are among potential end-of-season targets for Nashwa, who became Imad Al Sagar's first homebred Classic winner at Blue Diamond Stud when landing the Prix de Diane just 16 days after finishing third in the Oaks.

Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to Al Sagar, said: “Nashwa is on course for the Nassau and everything has been straightforward since the Prix de Diane. It was her first time travelling and a learning curve for her but she took it well and a mile and a quarter seems to be her best trip.

“Imad is excited about going to Goodwood and she goes there in good order. She has a lot of nice options for the rest of the year – the Prix de l’Opera and the Breeders’ Cup will certainly come into her range as well as possibly taking on the colts in mile-and-a-quarter Group 1s – but we’ll weigh it up nearer the time.”

Qatar Nassau Stakes (3.35 Goodwood, July 28)

Paddy Power: 5-6 Nashwa, 6 Tuesday, 8 My Astra, Toy, Dreamloper, 10 Lilac Road, 12 Ville De Grace, 14 History, 16 bar

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