Nap of the Day: High hopes for Burke’s Queen on Tuesday

After a difficult Royal Ascot for Nap of the Day followers, I'm hoping for a much better week.

Beverley is the destination for Tuesday's selection - an exciting debutant for tip-top connections.

Karl Burke's HOPE QUEEN won't need to be anything out of the ordinary to win on debut at Beverley on Tuesday.

The unraced two-year-old is one of five fillies set to contest this 7½f novice stakes, which the market suggests is a match between the selection and Private Project for Archie Watson.

The latter has fitness on her side, having finished runner-up on her debut at Lingfield last month, but that form looks modest. She was readily denied by one with form figures of 537 leading up to the race, while the third and fourth have since suffered heavy defeats.

It's fair to say the standard she sets is far from an unreachable one for a newcomer, certainly not one with the the credentials of Hope Queen, to reach.

As a daughter to Night of Thunder out of a relation to the useful Elarqam, a Group 2 winner who earned a career-high mark of 120 after placing in the 2019 Juddmonte at York, the 135k guineas purchase makes lots of appeal on paper.

Adding further intrigue to her cause in Yorkshire is the fact she's the only runner for Burke and stable jockey Clifford Lee, fresh off victory with Venetian Sun in the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot last week, on Tuesday.

Obviously, there's no form to go off, so there's a lot of trust in her living up to the potential of her profile. But she represents connections that excel with juveniles and starts out in a very winnable race.

The other newbie in the field, Conjecture, is respected on account of being a son of Palace Pier out of a Dubawi mare for powerful owners, but Sir Mark Prescott wouldn't be known for his two-year-old winners. He's had 14 in the last five seasons, from 269 runners - and he's yet to saddle one this season.

Tuesday's field is completed by Edens Choice and London for Michael & David Easterby and Denis Gerard Hogan respectively, but they're impossible to advise in this company after underwhelming debuts.

If she's fit and ready to go and nearly as good as her profile suggests, Hope Queen should take all the beating here.

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