Glorious Goodwood 2016: Minding to make mincemeat of Nassau Stakes rivals

An official rating of 120 also gives her 8lb and upward in hand on her rivals. Simply put, she looks in a totally different league to her opposition.

With Ryan Moore in the saddle, it should be a question how far her margin of victory will be as this race looks Minding’s for the taking.

Queen’s Trust the forecast choice

Only four rivals dare to take on Minding, and of those Queen’s Trust looks the obvious one for the forecast.

The Sir Michael Stoute trained filly shaped with plenty of promising on her return to action when a fast finishing fourth in a Listed contest at Newbury. She backed that up with a career-best performance when fourth to Even Song in the Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Queen’s Trust was slowly away in the latter and, after being held-up well off the pace, stayed on strongly to be nearest at the finish and beaten 2 3/4 lengths.

It was an excellent effort – given how the race panned out – and one which suggested the daughter of Dansili should have plenty more to offer after just four starts.

However, this demands much more. With Queen’s Trust is rated 15lb below Minding, the latter will need to seriously under-perform for Stoute’s entry to land the spoils.

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Coral’s top tip: Minding looks in a different league and is impossible to oppose. Queen’s Trust can chase her home.