/ Timeform / 28 April 2011 / Leave a Comment Henry Cecil: Has a viable Oaks candidate in Arizona Jewel
"Arizona Jewel...looks certain to improve for the run and will presumably take in a trial next time out, with her handler regularly using the Lingfield Oaks Trial and York’s Musidora Stakes to test his fillies’ classic credentials."
Timeform's Phil Thompson brings you three horses worth watching closely in the coming weeks...
First up this week is Arizona Jewel. Trained by the legendary Henry Cecil and from an excellent family - she is closely related to Frankel's dam Kind - Arizona Jewel caught the eye with how well she travelled when third on her debut at two. Given time to strengthen thereafter, she was an impressive winner of a maiden at Sandown on her return as a three-year-old. In control from halfway, she easily accounted for the equally well bred Skip Along by a length and a half and in doing so, went onto plenty of shortlists for the Oaks. She looks certain to improve for the run and will presumably take in a trial next time out, with her handler regularly using the Lingfield Oaks Trial and York's Musidora Stakes to test his fillies' classic credentials. Henry Cecil
Richard Fahey has a lot to look forward to this season and Glen's Diamond is certainly one of his more interesting three-year-old prospects. All three this progressive gelding's wins have only seemed to scratch the surface of his ability and there is definitely more to come from him. After winning his last two starts as a juvenile. Glen's Diamond returned with a victory in a competitive handicap at Musselburgh, winning by a length and a quarter from Calypso Magic, despite still showing signs of greenness and clearly needing a stiffer test of stamina. His handler had warned that he was not fully wound up for his reappearance and even further progression can be expected when he is stepped up to 1½m in the Edinburgh Gold Cup at the same track on Derby Day (June 5). Richard Fahey
Finally, we come to the three-year-old filly Night Carnation. Trained by Andrew Balding, it would be fair to say that she did not set the world alight during her four runs at two, for all that she was promising in winning a maiden and then finishing runner-up in a listed contest at Doncaster on her final two starts. However, she looked a different proposition altogether when impressively landing a handicap off top-weight at Sandown on her reappearance. Dropping back to the minimum distance for the first time, she travelled smoothly and quickened impressively to lead at the furlong pole and quickly put the race to bed, beating Ahtoug by two lengths. In doing so Night Carnation displayed form that entitles her to be competitive at Group 3 level at the least, especially in fillies only company, with five furlongs likely to prove her optimum trip. Andrew Balding
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