NAP of the Day: Another top two-year-old for Karl Burke?

The losing run came to an end on Thursday, as Jack Callan steered Velvet Rhythm, advised at EVS, to victory at Catterick.

Hopefully we can follow up on Friday, with a Karl Burke-trained debutant at Haydock. She's the NAP of the Day.

There's a lot being made of Clifford Lee going to Haydock on Saturday instead of the Curragh for the Irish 2000 Guineas, but I'm more interested in his decision to head to Merseyside over Goodwood just 24 hours earlier.

The 30-year-old passes up on riding either the 113-rated Boiling Point or Ice Max (110) for boss Karl Burke in a £39k Listed event in Sussex, for a couple of engagements in the North West.

One of those is Half Sovereign in the Cecil Frail Stakes - another Listed affair with the same prize - but I'd be surprised if she's the draw. The 105-rated filly appears to have gone backwards over the winter, finishing 10/12 and 12/15 in a couple of races in France in April and May.

Therefore, it must be the unraced two-year-old MINZELLE.

The daughter of Minzaal, owned by Tony Bloom, is a half-sister to smart sprinters Turn On The Jets and Saratoga Special who fetched 450k guineas as a yearling. Instant appeal.

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I'm guessing - and I must stress a guess is all it is - that she's been showing up well at home, and might be one for the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot next month. Burke/Bloom won the race last year with Venetian Sun, who goes in the Sandy Lane at Haydock on Saturday.

The yard's juveniles are going great guns with eight winners from 29 runners - a strike rate of 27% - so if my powers of deception are right and she's indeed blessed in the talent department, she ought to be able to show it on her first day at school.

Of the selection's 11 rivals, it's Jazz Queen for Hugo Palmer who sets the standard. The Cheshire trainer won this last year with subsequent Group 3 heroine Fitzella and while I don't believe this daughter of Too Darn Hot is anywhere near that level, the form of her second at Chester earlier this month is decent.

I'd be more way of the other debutants - in particular Libertango, Esha'a and Bint Minzaal. They're well-bred, well-connected and could also be well above average.

But everything's pointing towards Minzelle being another top-class juvenile for Karl Burke. Fingers crossed.

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