French fillies have quite a good record in the 1000 Guineas in recent years and the selection for this year’s contest is Mikel Delzangles’ What A Name.
There is actually a line of form to yesterday’s 2000 Guineas winner Dawn Approach with the filly. Dawn Approach beat Olympic Glory in last season’s Coventry Stakes by ¾ of a length. Olympic Glory subsequently beat What A Name by one-and-a-quarter lengths in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (formerly the Grand Criterium). That looks a good performance for a filly taking on the colts.
What A Name has also had a winning preparation race in early April. She is a price of 9/2 with Skybet.
The each-way selection is Richard Hannon’s Sky Lantern (9/1 with Skybet). Back on equal weight terms with Hot Snap and with firmer ground than she had in the Nell Gwyn Stakes last month, she should make the places.
