Lumiere and Illuminate can light up ultra-competitive renewal of 1000 Guineas

Both she and Minding are daughters of Galileo, and these half-sisters did a one-two for their handler in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh last September.

Runner-up Ballydoyle confirmed the form of that race by coming out and subsequently winning a Fillies’ Group 1 contest at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe meeting at Longchamp under Ryan Moore, who has switched mounts to Minding in the 1000 Guineas.

Illuminate not Nathra an each-way punt

Frankie Dettori ride Nathra will be popular with punters, but couldn’t live with the pace of Minding in the closing stages of the Fillies’ Mile alluded to above around course and distance. She looks one to avoid, despite her high-profile jockey, then.

If it’s an each-way shout you’re after, then a terrific price is available on Richard Hannon’s Illuminate. This appeals if punters are prepared to forgive her Breeders’ Cup performance.

Finishing a disappointing sixth in the Juvenile Fillies Turf over the 1000 Guineas trip, you need to remember that race is held across the Atlantic in Kentucky at Keeneland.

When competing in Britain, however, Illuminate has always made the frame from her four runs. A win over the aforementioned Besharah and second to Lumiere, both at Newmarket, suggest she can outrun her odds and place.

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Coral’s top tip: Lumiere can outshine Minding to grab 1000 Guineas glory and give Johnston a second success in this Classic contest. Illuminate can also go well at tasty odds.