Ripon 3:05 Result

Not My Type is unbeaten in two starts (form 11), progressing nicely for a top-class Haggas yard, and steps up in trip/class off a quick 18-day turnaround suggesting they think she's well ahead of the handicapper - OR84 looks conservative given the visual improvement typically seen in this stable's 2yo fillies. Tom Marquand takes over, a booking that signals confidence. Rogue Jewel (also 11 form, Bethell yard in flying form, Tudhope aboard) is the main dander to that theory and could easily be preferred by the market, but Not My Type's homebred Lael Stables pedigree (No Nay Never over Kodiac) suggests she'll cope well with this trip and the good-to-soft ground, and Haggas's task is to have this filly spot-on fresh. Clash Of Hearts has more experience and a recent win but the form figures (23185) show more vulnerability - not a picture of alertness, and the headgear addition (blinkers) hints at needing to freshen her up. Napa was a big field maiden winner last time but a 95-day layoff is a slight concern fitness-wise, and Silent Beauty's solitary run 73 days ago on debut third looked workmanlike rather than spectacular. Pure Mint has looked useful on debut for the in-form Crisford stable but is unexposed and unproven at this level - hard to trust blind. On balance the two unbeaten fillies, Not My Type and Rogue Jewel, look the classiest, and I lean toward Not My Type given the pedigree suits this new trip better and Haggas's string is flying this term with fillies stepping up well.