York Dante meeting: Thetis ticks all the right boxes

David Metcalf | May 12, 2016

Thetis can sail to success in Michael Seely Memorial

Trainer Sir Michael Stoute has his team in flying form and Thetis looks to hold leading claims of providing him with another winner in the Michael Seely Memorial Stakes at York (15:30).

The Newmarket handler has won two of the 15 runnings of the 1m Listed contest, saddling Peeress to win in 2005 and Pavlosk in 2013.

In Thetis, he has a filly who showed progressive form in three runs as a juvenile and looks the type to do even better as a three-year-old.

After shaping with bags of promise when third on debut at Newmarket, the daughter of Invincible Spirit opened her account on good style when staying on strongly to score comfortably by two lengths in a 7f maiden at Carlisle.

Excellent effort at Newmarket

Connections decided to pitch Thetis into Group 2 company on the back of that victory, and she ran a blinder when chasing home Promising Run over 7f at Newmarket.

After racing keenly in the earlier stages, Thetis made good headway to challenge a furlong from home and stuck to the task well to go down by 1 3/4 lengths.

The winner is a useful sort who finished an excellent third to leading Oaks prospect So Mi Dar in the Group 3 Musidora Stakes at the track earlier in the week, and the form reads well in the contest of this lower grade contest.