July 10 / 15.35 Newmarket (July)

15.35

Good To Firm

Tattersalls Sceptre Sessions Falmouth Stakes (Group 1) (Fillies & Mares)

  • Prize money: £212662.5
  • 1m 0f 0y
  • Class 1
  • 7 runners
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Tattersalls Sceptre Sessions Falmouth Stakes (Group 1) (Fillies & Mares)

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

2/1 (Won)

  • Win: £3.13
  • Place: £1.50

Form: 122-11 D

Last run: 23 days

W: 9st 9lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 115

Form & Verdict
Runner-up in the Group 1 Sun Chariot on the other Newmarket course last October (1m, good) and this lightly raced 4yo made it two from two for this year when winning the Group 2 Duke Of Cambridge at Royal Ascot (1m, good to firm) last month, travelling well to beat Jancis by just under 2l; that latest performance suggests she's capable of landing a Group 1 prize; key player.
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1st

1

(3)

3rd Oct 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

13:35 Newmarket

Blue Bolt

9st 5lb

J: Colin Keane

T: Andrew Balding

One of only three defeats in 11 starts came in this race 12 months ago, despite delivering career-best form at the time in finishing second; she returns on the back of a faultless campaign, the last of three Group 1s her most commanding performance yet in the Matron Stakes at Leopardstown; she sets the bar high as it is, and her upward curve might not yet have reached its peak; if holding her form she should win.

4/9

1st

1

(9)

12th Sep 2026

Good

1m 0f 0y

15:55 Leopardstown

Blue Bolt

9st 7lb

J: Colin Keane

T: Andrew Balding

Seven-time winner has shown improved form this year to win all four starts; began with a Goodwood Listed race before taking the Group 2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes, then claiming the Falmouth Stakes and Prix Rothschild; has beaten Precise in both those Group 1s, but only narrowly last time; has to remain at her best to do so again, but is still the one to beat.

5/4

1st

1

(5)

10th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

15:35 Newmarket (July)

Blue Bolt

9st 9lb

J: Colin Keane

T: Andrew Balding

Runner-up in the Group 1 Sun Chariot on the other Newmarket course last October (1m, good) and this lightly raced 4yo made it two from two for this year when winning the Group 2 Duke Of Cambridge at Royal Ascot (1m, good to firm) last month, travelling well to beat Jancis by just under 2l; that latest performance suggests she's capable of landing a Group 1 prize; key player.

2/1

5/6

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 11-711 D

Last run: 21 days

W: 9st 0lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 115

Form & Verdict
Underwhelming favourite in the 1,000 Guineas on reappearance but has left that behind with subsequent wins in the Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh (1m, good) and the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot (1m, good to firm); after a slow start last time she was trapped three wide but still won in convincing fashion, and she's a leading contender in her bid for a fifth Group 1 win.
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5th

8

(1)

12th Sep 2026

Good

1m 0f 0y

15:55 Leopardstown

Precise

9st 2lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

Top-class 2yo, winning the Moyglare Stud Stakes and Fillies' Mile; wasn't fully ready when beaten by True Love in the 1,000 Guineas but rebounded to win the Irish version and Coronation Stakes after; beaten by Blue Bolt twice since, though only narrowly at Deauville; was since a close third behind colts in the Prix Jacques Le Marois; looks sure to go close, though she might need a bit of luck in running from stall 1.

15/8

2nd

5

(3)

10th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

15:35 Newmarket (July)

Precise

9st 0lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

Underwhelming favourite in the 1,000 Guineas on reappearance but has left that behind with subsequent wins in the Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh (1m, good) and the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot (1m, good to firm); after a slow start last time she was trapped three wide but still won in convincing fashion, and she's a leading contender in her bid for a fifth Group 1 win.

5/6

1st

4

(5)

19th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 213y

Class 1

16:20 Ascot

Precise

9st 2lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

Highly progressive 2yo last season, which concluded with two Group 1 wins (7f/1m, yielding/good), and she bounced back from an underwhelming reappearance in the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket (1m, good to firm) to win the Irish version at the Curragh (1m, good) by just over 2l from stablemate and 1,000 Guineas winner True Love; won a Group 3 on fast ground; she's the one to beat.

4/6

Form: 3251-5 D

Last run: 21 days

W: 9st 0lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 113

Form & Verdict
2yo campaign concluded with a win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (1m, firm); reappeared with respectable fifth to Precise in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot (1m, good to firm) last month, when she got warm beforehand and weakened late on; could show the benefit of that outing and pose a bigger threat today; trainer won this in 2024 with Porta Fortuna.
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3rd

3

(6)

10th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

15:35 Newmarket (July)

Balantina

9st 0lb

J: Oisin Murphy

T: Donnacha Aidan O’Brien

2yo campaign concluded with a win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (1m, firm); reappeared with respectable fifth to Precise in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot (1m, good to firm) last month, when she got warm beforehand and weakened late on; could show the benefit of that outing and pose a bigger threat today; trainer won this in 2024 with Porta Fortuna.

10/1

5th

1

(2)

19th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 213y

Class 1

16:20 Ascot

Balantina

9st 2lb

J: Oisin Murphy

T: Donnacha Aidan O’Brien

This is her first run of the year but she won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar (1m, firm) last October when last seen; ran well in third in the Albany here 12 months ago; can give a good account if fully tuned up.

12/1

5th

1

(5)

23rd Aug 2025

Good

0m 7f 0y

16:02 Curragh

Balantina

9st 2lb

J: Gavin Ryan

T: Donnacha Aidan O’Brien

Won her maiden here over 6f and has since held her own in Group 3s, finishing third in the Albany at Royal Ascot and then short-headed by an unbeaten French filly in a 7f Group 3 at Deauville (good); brings solid form credentials and still improving by the looks.

9/2

16/1

Form: 33-128 CD

Last run: 26 days

W: 9st 0lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 111

Form & Verdict
C&D maiden winner last August who was third to Precise in the Group 1 Fillies' Mile in October; returned with Group 3 win at Longchamp (1m, good) in April and runner-up in the 1,000 Guineas (1m, good to firm) next time, faring best of those who raced on the far side (led that group); failed to settle and weakened when soundly beaten in the Prix de Diane (10.5f, good to firm) last time; drops back in trip but improvement is needed to win this.
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2nd

5

(1)

3rd Oct 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

13:35 Newmarket

Evolutionist

9st 2lb

J: Shane Foley

T: K R Burke

On two previous visits to the Rowley Mile she's finished third in a Fillies' Mile and runner-up in the 1,000 Guineas; those efforts suggest a big run should be forthcoming on a track she likes, but Blue Bolt comfortably has her number judged on this summer's clashes in the Falmouth and the Prix Rothschild; her yard won this last year with Fallen Angel and in 2018 with Laurens.

20/1

4th

4

(4)

10th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

15:35 Newmarket (July)

Evolutionist

9st 0lb

J: Shane Foley

T: K R Burke

C&D maiden winner last August who was third to Precise in the Group 1 Fillies' Mile in October; returned with Group 3 win at Longchamp (1m, good) in April and runner-up in the 1,000 Guineas (1m, good to firm) next time, faring best of those who raced on the far side (led that group); failed to settle and weakened when soundly beaten in the Prix de Diane (10.5f, good to firm) last time; drops back in trip but improvement is needed to win this.

16/1

2nd

5

(5)

3rd May 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

15:35 Newmarket

Evolutionist

9st 2lb

J: Shane Foley

T: K R Burke

Newmarket form comprises a maiden win on the July course and third-place finish, just over 4l behind Precise, in the Group 1 Fillies' Mile; bagged Group 3 honours at Longchamp (1m, good) on reappearance, collaring a sitting duck (clear leader who tired) and strong at the finish; has evidently trained on well and her RPRs continue on an upward trajectory.

14/1

OUR TIP
5th
2 (1)
Jancis

11/1

Form: 62-152

Last run: 23 days

W: 9st 9lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 114

Form & Verdict
5yo who has been a big improver this year, winning the Group 2 Dahlia Stakes on the other Newmarket course (1m1f, good to firm) on her reappearance and producing a career best when second to Blue Bolt in the Group 2 Duke Of Cambridge at Royal Ascot (1m, good to firm) last month, beaten just under 2l under a 3lb penalty; they reoppose off level weights and she's not ruled out.
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5th

2

(1)

10th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

15:35 Newmarket (July)

Jancis

9st 9lb

J: Sean Levey

T: W McCreery

5yo who has been a big improver this year, winning the Group 2 Dahlia Stakes on the other Newmarket course (1m1f, good to firm) on her reappearance and producing a career best when second to Blue Bolt in the Group 2 Duke Of Cambridge at Royal Ascot (1m, good to firm) last month, beaten just under 2l under a 3lb penalty; they reoppose off level weights and she's not ruled out.

11/1

2nd

1

(9)

17th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 213y

Class 1

15:40 Ascot

Jancis

9st 5lb

J: Sean Levey

T: W McCreery

Tends to go well fresh and it was a clear career best when reappearing to win 1m1f Group 2 at Newmarket (good to firm; Cathedral second, Francophone fourth, Falakeyah sixth) in May; didn't quite match that form when fifth in similar company at the Curragh three weeks later, albeit with that race not panning out ideally; 3lb penalty will likely leave her vulnerable again, though.

18/1

5th

7

(1)

24th May 2026

Good To Yielding

1m 0f 0y

15:20 Curragh

Jancis

9st 2lb

J: Sean Levey

T: W McCreery

Smart form in winning her first two races at three; failed to add to her tally last season; posted a career-best to win a 1m1f Group 2 event at Newmarket three weeks ago; has the beating of Francophone on that running; strong contender if she can replicate that form on slower ground; seems ideally suited by a quick surface.

7/2

200/1

Form: 6583-0

Last run: 61 days

W: 9st 0lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 89

Form & Verdict
She's shown ability but nothing like enough to suggest she'll be a contender today; 0-6 and likely to be a pacemaker for her stablemate Precise.
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7th

16

(17)

3rd Aug 2026

Good

1m 0f 0y

17:20 Naas

Venosa

9st 3lb

J: Wayne Lordan

T: A P O’Brien

Best run at two came when beaten 4.5l into fifth by Diamond Necklace in Ingabelle Stakes (7f, good), albeit flattered by proximity to winner; beaten 6.25l into third in maiden at Galway in October on soft ground; used as pacemaker in Group 1 company last twice; obviously far calmer waters here, and her two-year-old form makes her the one to beat.

5/2

6th

7

(7)

10th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

15:35 Newmarket (July)

Venosa

9st 0lb

J: Wayne Lordan

T: A P O’Brien

She's shown ability but nothing like enough to suggest she'll be a contender today; 0-6 and likely to be a pacemaker for her stablemate Precise.

200/1

3rd

10

(6)

27th Oct 2025

Heavy

1m 0f 73y

12:35 Galway

Venosa

9st 2lb

J: Ronan Whelan

T: A P O’Brien

Fourth, then sixth in maidens at Leopardstown on her first two runs (1m/7f, good) before creditable fifth behind top-class stablemate Diamond Necklace in a 7f Listed race there, only a neck behind subsequent winner Killashee Warrior; employed as pacemaker in the Prix Marcel Boussac; should be good enough here.

5/4

Form: 362-39

Last run: 35 days

W: 9st 0lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 110

Form & Verdict
Second to Precise in the Group 1 Fillies' Mile last October (good; no match for the winner) and returned with fine third in the 1,000 Guineas (1m, good to firm; Fillies' Mile third Evolutionist in second); failed to settle when tailed off over 1m4f in the Oaks last month (when reportedly unsuited by the slow ground); drops back in trip but with something to find.
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3rd

7

(1)

30th Jul 2026

Good

1m 3f 218y

Class 1

15:00 Goodwood

Venetian Lace

9st 0lb

J: Jason Hart

T: Charlie Johnston

Second in the Group 1 Fillies' Mile at Newmarket last October (good) and returned there with a fine third in the 1,000 Guineas (good to firm); tailed-off last, however, in the Oaks at Epsom (1m4f, testing ground) and the Group 1 Falmouth at Newmarket (1m, good to firm); while bred to stay at least 1m2f, she now has a big question to answer.

12/1

7th

6

(2)

10th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

15:35 Newmarket (July)

Venetian Lace

9st 0lb

J: William Buick

T: Charlie Johnston

Second to Precise in the Group 1 Fillies' Mile last October (good; no match for the winner) and returned with fine third in the 1,000 Guineas (1m, good to firm; Fillies' Mile third Evolutionist in second); failed to settle when tailed off over 1m4f in the Oaks last month (when reportedly unsuited by the slow ground); drops back in trip but with something to find.

20/1

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Payout
Exacta £5.60
Straight Forecast £3.97
Trifecta £25.50

Selections

LAMBOURN:

Blue Bolt

SPOTLIGHT:

Precise

TOPSPEED:

Evolutionist

The Guardian:

Jancis

The Times:

Evolutionist

RP RATINGS:

Precise

POSTDATA:

Precise

Daily Mail:

Precise

D Express:

Precise

Telegraph:

Blue Bolt

Daily Mirror:

Blue Bolt

The Sun:

Blue Bolt

The Star:

Blue Bolt

Daily Record:

Blue Bolt