17:00 Kempton 08 Apr 2026
Virgin Bet/EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes
GBB/GBBPlus Race | Class 3 | 3YO plus
Winner £6,480 - 6 run
- Winner
- Top 2 Finish
- W/O Romantic Symphony
- Top 3 Finish
- W/O Light Of Paris And Romantic Symphony
- Insure 2 Places
- W/O
- W/O Light Of Paris
- Finish Exactly 2nd
Dubawi filly; short in the market, knew job when 3/4l winner in a novice at Newmarket on debut in September; looks a nice prospect for top connections; one to beat.
Won on her latest outing when 10-11fav at Newmarket over 1m (good) in September last year, beating Tryst by 3/4l.
Dubawi filly; short in the market, knew job when 3/4l winner in a novice at Newmarket on debut in September; looks a nice prospect for top connections; one to beat.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Flat Races | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | |
| Flat (AW) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Similar Going | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (No Headgear) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Billy Loughnane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| T | C Appleby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
115,000gns Australia filly; sister to Herring Island; half-sister to War Rooms, very smart at 10f; dam, Apticanti, fair at 6f at 2yo; trainer hasn't been among the winners recently; looks an unlikely winner on debut.
Full sister to Herring Island, won twice at 1m and 1m 2f.
115,000gns Australia filly; sister to Herring Island; half-sister to War Rooms, very smart at 10f; dam, Apticanti, fair at 6f at 2yo; trainer hasn't been among the winners recently; looks an unlikely winner on debut.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Flat Races | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Flat (AW) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Similar Going | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (No Headgear) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | H Crouch | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| T | R M Beckett | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
Yet to show any real signs of ability on first two starts; green and missed break on debut; no improvement with tongue-tie on second start; light-framed, has looked very limited; best watched.
Unplaced in both starts. Well beaten at 500-1 behind New Monarch when last of 8 on her latest outing here over 7f last month.
Yet to show any real signs of ability on first two starts; green and missed break on debut; no improvement with tongue-tie on second start; light-framed, has looked very limited; best watched.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Flat Races | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Flat (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Similar Going | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Surface(Polytrack) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (T only) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Ashley Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| T | D Steele | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
Night Of Thunder filly; half-sister to Lyrical Style, poor at 11f; dam smart at 7f-8f, including placing at Level, half-sister to Rebel's Romance; could contend on debut for yard that are no strangers to first-time-out winners.
Dam won at 5f.
Night Of Thunder filly; half-sister to Lyrical Style, poor at 11f; dam smart at 7f-8f, including placing at Level, half-sister to Rebel's Romance; could contend on debut for yard that are no strangers to first-time-out winners.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Flat Races | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Flat (AW) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Similar Going | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (No Headgear) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Toby Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| T | C Appleby | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
500,000gns Sea The Stars filly; half-sister to seven winners, including Lucky Lion, high-class at 10f, and Listed winner Lips Freedom; dam, Lips Arrow, very smart at 6f; top trainers; obvious contender on debut.
Half-sister to Lucky Lips, won four times at 1m and 1m 1f.
500,000gns Sea The Stars filly; half-sister to seven winners, including Lucky Lion, high-class at 10f, and Listed winner Lips Freedom; dam, Lips Arrow, very smart at 6f; top trainers; obvious contender on debut.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Flat Races | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Flat (AW) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Similar Going | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (No Headgear) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Class 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | R Havlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| T | J & T Gosden | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
Well backed on second start when second beaten 2 1/4l in a novice at Southwell latest; top course jockey/trainer combination; not out of it entirely.
Placed once in two starts. Beaten 2 1/4l by Golden Muse when second of 6 at 13-8 on her latest outing at Southwell over 1m 4f last month.
Well backed on second start when second beaten 2 1/4l in a novice at Southwell latest; top course jockey/trainer combination; not out of it entirely.
| Race Record | Runs | Wins | Places | Win Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Flat Races | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0% | |
| Flat (AW) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | |
| Conditions | |||||
| Course and Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Course | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Distance | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Similar Going | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Headgear | |||||
| Today (No Headgear) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0% | |
| Class & Handicap Rating | |||||
| Cl | Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| This Handicap (OR) or Higher | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Connections | |||||
| J | Oisin Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| T | A M Balding | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
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Grey = Horse has placed form
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Blue = Horse has winning form
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Gold = Horse has a 50% or better win record
Verdict
ROMANTIC SYMPHONY is a full-sister to top-flight winners Yibir and Wild Illusion and showed plenty of the family talent when justifying odds-on favouritism at Newmarket. She is around the 25/1 mark for the Oaks and another impressive performance here could book her ticket to a Classic trial. Littlecote may have a fitness edge after her Southwell second, but bigger threats might lurk among the unraced brigade. Light Of Paris cost 500,000gns and is a half-sister to a German Group 1 winner. The selection's stablemate Fashion's Fancy is from the family of Rebel's Romance, while 115,000gns yearling Aukus has plenty to recommend her too.
Expert View Verdict
ROMANTIC SYMPHONY sets a solid standard on the back of her Newmarket debut win and, with natural improvement likely for top connections, she looks the one they all have to beat. Fashion’s Fancy is an interesting newcomer with a smart pedigree and comes from a yard well capable of readying one first time, so she commands respect. Littlecote brings the most recent form into the race and, with the combination of Oisin Murphy and Andrew Balding in her favour, could offer some value if building on that Southwell effort last time out.
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