Radiance looks the potential class act on show at Salisbury on Thursday as she bids to follow up her debut success in the Tattersalls £40,000 EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes.
A 150,000 guineas breeze-up purchase by the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing team, the daughter of Farhh was an odds-on favourite for her introduction at Yarmouth in early July and justified that position with an impressive victory.
That form does not look particularly strong, with the runner-up Conjecture beaten twice since and the third home Sing The Blues disappointing at Newbury next time, but what cannot be questioned is the authoritative fashion in which Radiance left that pair trailing in her wake once the penny dropped.
Trainer George Boughey was talking about testing his juvenile in stakes company in the immediate aftermath and this race looks an ideal stepping-stone to something fancier next time.
Emma Lavelle does not have many runners on the Flat, but in Chilli Queen she looks to have inherited a smart one.
Unplaced in two starts for Andrew Balding last year, the three-year-old has looked a different filly since switching yards, with a couple of runner-up finishes followed by a hat-trick of wins.
There was no sign of her progress coming to an end when scoring with a bit in hand at Ascot last time and she must have every chance of completing her four-timer in the British EBF Premier Fillies' Handicap.
Shady Bay is expected to complete her hat-trick as the Racing League rolls into town at Windsor.
The daughter of New Bay looked fairly limited after three outings in novice and maiden company, but that allowed her to enter the handicap sphere off a mark in the low-60s and she has steadily improved.
Tom Ward's filly struggled over 2400m in May and June, but was well backed when dropped to 2000m at Nottingham in early July and the gamble was landed in some style as she fairly bolted up at the chief expense of San Francisco Bay, who went one better next time.
A 6lb rise in the weights was nowhere enough to stop Shady Bay from following up on her most recent appearance at Newbury and while another 6lb hike will make life tougher, she is clearly in rude health ahead of the Racing League Race 23 Handicap and appears well suited to fast ground.
Shady Bay's rider Richard Kingscote leads the way in this year's Racing League jockeys' standings and could also find the target aboard the Andrew Balding-trained Lieber Power in the £50,000 Racing League Race 27 Handicap.
It has been a little while between drinks for the five-year-old whose last victory came in this team competition at Chepstow 12 months ago.
He attempted to defend his crown in the same race last week in Monmouthshire and while he came up short, there was enough promise in his performance in finishing third to suggest a return to winning ways may not be far away.
Beverley punters are advised to put their faith in Catching The Moon in the curtain-raising Ire-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes.
Richard Fahey's youngster was unfortunate to bump into the Boughey-trained and Highclere-owned Awaken on her Leicester debut, a filly who had previously picked up the silver medal behind Venetian Sun in the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Catching The Moon was clearly best of the rest in the Midlands and a repeat of that effort may well suffice in East Yorkshire. - Press Association
TAB is betting on 5 UK meetings on Thursday. Here are the tips.
BEVERLEY: Race 1: 15.10 Catching The Moon, Race 2: 15.40 Imso Friendly, Race 3: 16.12 Grey Horizon, Race 4: 16.47 Fenlander, Race 5: 17.20 Red Force One, Race 6: 17.55 Sunny Orange.
SALISBURY: Race 1: 15.20 Amathus, Race 2: 15.50 Rogue Desire, Race 3: 16.25 Asian Journey, Race 4: 17.00 RADIANCE (NAP), Race 5: 17.35 Chilli Queen, Race 6: 18.20 Skibo.
CHEPSTOW: Race 1: 15.30 Fossos, Race 2: 16.00 Shetakesthegold, Race 3: 16.35 Portacloy, Race 4: 17.10 Rival, Race 5: 17.45 Soi Dao, Race 6: 18.15 Pure Artistry.
WINDSOR: Race 1: 18.00 Clearpoint, Race 2: 18.30 Shady Bay, Race 3: 19.00 Gloriously Sassy, Race 4: 19.30 King Of Light, Race 5: 20.00 Jimmy Speaking, Race 6: 20.30 Lieber Power, Race 7: 21.00 Mr Swivell.
CHELMSFORD: Race 1: 19.15 Colors Of Freedom, Race 2: 19.45 Dartrey, Race 3: 20.15 Medinilla, Race 4: 20.45 Local Music, Race 5: 21.15 Majaz, Race 6: 21.45 Jack Andrea.
ALL TO COME: Radiance (Salisbury, Race 4) and Shady Bay (Windsor, Race 2)