Talking Horses: bank on Laurens to land the Group One Lockinge


Karl Burke-trained filly has proved a reliable prospect at the highest level and should shine in the feature race at Newbury

This year’s Lockinge Stakes may not be full of top-class horses but it poses as tricky a puzzle for punters as almost any handicap. Remarkably, 13 of the 14 runners at Newbury are rated within 2lb of each other, the only outlier being Billesdon Brook, who has failed to build on her Guineas win.

Laurens (3.40), the filly who chased her home that day, has since proved a much more reliable prospect at the highest level and can beat the boys here.

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Bangor 1.40 Purple King 2.15 Out For Justice 2.50 Tidal Watch 3.25 Robin Des People 4.00 Stockburn 4.35 Global Rhapdosy
5.10 Vegas Blue 5.45 Designer Destiny 

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