Enfranchise can give her rivals weight and a beating in the Ministry Of Sound Disco 20th August Handicap (8.30) at Chelmsford this evening.
The Charlie and Mark Johnston-trained filly has taken a step forward since being campaigned at a mile and a quarter, marking her first try at the trip with a running-on second at Lingfield last month.
And Enfranchise went one better over the same course and distance six days later, overcoming trouble in running to beat Fountain Cross by a length and a quarter.
Under the circumstances, a 3lb rise on the part of the British Horseracing Authority handicapper could have been worse.
What is for certain is that Andrew Breslin’s mount has further improvement to come at 10 furlongs, and she is taken to follow up.
Course knowledge at Fontwell is a useful attribute for KENNY GEORGE, who gets the vote to better his second of 12 months ago in the Cazoo Handicap Hurdle (2.02).
He has suffered heavy defeats both outings this season, but the Sheena West seven-year-old seems to reserve his best form for Fontwell, where he has made the frame in each of his five visits.
Marc Goldstein’s partner is 2lb lower in the weights than when beaten by Alkopop here in 2021 and, with give in the ground a positive bonus, Kenny George is capable of a decent show at rewarding odds.
THURSDAY'S SELECTIONS
SANDOWN
1.10 THE GREY FALCO
1.45 DESQUE DE L’ISLE
2.20 LOVE ENVOI
2.55 ROLLING DYLAN
3.30 LEARNTALOT
4.05 MUSICAL SLAVE
4.40 ESSENTIAL JACO
FONTWELL
1.27 BARONY LEGENDS
2.02 KENNY GEORGE (NB)
2.37 TIP TOP MOUNTAIN
3.12 CHAMBARD
3.47 HAYEDO
4.22 MIDNIGHT MOSS
4.55 GALUDON
LEICESTER
1.35 RADETZKY MARCH
2.10 PRAIRIE TOWN
2.45 NICKOLSON
3.20 ARIAN
3.55 ROYAL ACT
4.30 BACK BAR
CHELMSFORD
5.00 PORTELET BAY
5.30 GOT NO DOLLARS
6.00 TEJANO
6.30 HIGHFIELD PRINCESS
7.00 LEGENDE D’ART
7.30 CRAZY SPIN
8.00 DARK DESIGN
8.30 ENFRANCHISE (NAP)
DOUBLE: ENFRANCHISE and KENNY GEORGE
