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There is a star-studded line up for this G1 for the girls on Thursday.

There will be 9 of them competing over the 2000m trip.  Hermosa, who came to notice at the Galway Festival last year, has shown continuing improvement since that time.  She's 15/8 here for Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore rides.  Mehdaayih is on 11/4, Maqsad 6/1 and the raiders Channel, winner of the Prix Diane for Francis Griffard and P-C Boudot, is on 7/1 and the Japanese Deidre, who wasn't happy In the wet at Ascot, is huge value at 28/1.

Earlier the G2 Richmond Stakes for the 2yo c&g is over 1200m and there are 13 going to post.  Threat is on 7/4, Guildsman 6/1 and Symbolize also 6/1.

The Gordon Stakes G2 is for 3yo over 2400m and Constantinople looks well-placed here for Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore.  They head the call on 9/4, with Spanish Mission on 9/2 and Jalmoud for Godolphin's Appleby-Doyle is on 5/1.

At Galway it's the other big race of the week – the Galway Hurdle which has 20 runners and will pay 1-4.  JP McManus owns and JP O'Brien trains both Band of Outlaws 4/1 and Gardens of Babylon 8/1.  Also on 8/1 is the Mullins trained Shanning with Paul Townend on board with another Mullins runner Riven Light on 9/1.  There's a horse here called Ming Dynasty and he's not the roughest either is you fancy an e/w on 25/1.