Blue Bolt takes aim at yet another Group 1

William Dobbie Published: 6 hours ago

Group 1 number four looks to be at the mercy of Blue Bolt in the Sun Chariot Stakes this weekend.

Just beaten by Fallen Angel in the race 12 months ago, the Juddmonte-owned filly has been a revelation in her four-year-old season and is bidding to add a fourth straight top-level success to her CV at Britain's Flat headquarters on Saturday.

However, there is no straightforward Group 1 and there are plenty of talented fillies queuing up to make her life as difficult as possible.

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2/5 favouritism tells you all you need to know about the level that Blue Bolt is operating at in comparison to her rivals and she comes out way on top on figures here.

Her performance when beating Precise on the July Course in the Falmouth signalled that she might be something special and subsequent victories in the Prix Rothschild and Matron Stakes have really served to highlight her dominance across the divison.

City Of Memphis got closest to Andrew Balding's star at Leopardstown and she has been handed the chance to try and reverse the form at Newmarket. Prior to defeat in Ireland, she had racked up a winning sequence of her own, landing three consecutive victories that concluded with her taking home the Group 2 Lanwades Stud Stakes.

In all likelihood, Blue Bolt will have to under perform if she stands a winning chance, however, she certainly has the class to capitalise on any sort of mistake from the jolly.

Moon Target is another that has proven that she can give Blue Bolt a decent run for her money. There were two-and-a-quarter-lengths between the pair when they met in the Prix Rothschild, with Sir Mark Prescott's three-year-old doing a lot of the work in front before being caught by her rivals.

Being one year younger than the favourite does mean that she gets a handy 3lb swing in the weights, however, that is half of the advantage that she had when defeated in France.