NAP of the Day: Mistress the main interest on Tuesday

Last week was a frustrating one on the NAP of the Day front, with multiple near-misses and hard-luck stories.

Fingers crossed for more joy this week, starting with this royally-bred filly at Lingfield.

My best bet on Tuesday is FRENCH MISTRESS in the opener at Lingfield.

Fourteen go to post for the 1m2f maiden stakes and the Kevin Philippart De Foy-trained daughter of Kingman is a clear standout in my book.

Out of a Listed-winning Sea The Stars mare and as a half-sister to Group 3 winner Mohaafeth, she’s bred in the purple and has surely inherited a fair share of her relatives’ ability for connections to keep her in training as an unraced four-year-old.

She’s not unraced anymore, as she made her belated debut at Nottingham back in May, finishing a highly-promising second in what was a relatively decent novice affair.

The winner, More Thunder, had a run under his belt before heading to Colwick Park and he’s since given a good account of himself in an even better contest at Newmarket last month – while Leicester Square, who was over a length behind the selection in third, won on his subsequent start.

Given it was French Mistress’ first-ever appearance and she was giving weight to the majority of her 11 rivals, I thought it was a very pleasing performance.

She shaped like improvement would follow – and plenty of it too. She was slow out the gates and took a keen hold under Benoit De Lay Sayette, who maintains the partnership on Tuesday, and yet was only narrowly touched off in the end.

I think this is a much easier assignment. Her main rivals according to the 14:25 Lingfield Odds are Fox Vision, who is winless in eight starts and appears to be going backwards, and Poncho, who operates at a lowly level over jumps and has shown little in two outings on the flat.

She’s priced accordingly of course, but I make the selection extremely tough to beat here.

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