1000 Guineas (Group 1)

Twiggy Wiggy was a very fast two year old.

She was a winner of both the G2 Lowther Stakes at York and the G1 Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket over 6 F making her the champion two-year old filly last year.

Visually she put in the most impressive performance of any filly last year when beating Cursory Glance in the York run. That form was franked when Cursory Glance went to Ireland to beat the favourite here Lucida in the G1 Moyglare Stakes.

In her comeback run she stepped up to 7 F in the Fred Darling at Newbury but didn’t display the devastating acceleration she did last year trailing in an eased down third. She just didn’t fire at all on the day.

Maybe her stamina was stretched beyond it’s capacity. Maybe she hasn’t trained on or maybe she needed the run.

If you opt for the latter then the possibilities here open up for her.

The market opinion is she’s a sprinter which is reflected in her 20/1 price for this mile trip.

There’s no doubt the extra furlong will stretch her stamina even further but if Richard Hughes can relax her, tuck her in behind, preserve her turn of foot she might just have enough of that blistering pace left in reserve to pounce late.

She’s the class horse in the race and with no other outstanding candidate in the field she’s well worth backing at that overly generous big price.

Recommendation : Twiggy Wiggy 20/1 EW