Andrew Balding has a leading chance in the Nassau Stakes with See The Fire. Photo: RACINGFOTOS.COM
Whirl and See The Fire are set for a Group One Nassau Stakes (2,000m) showdown at Glorious Goodwood on Thursday.
See The Fire arrived a neck too late behind Aidan O’Brien’s Opera Singer 12 months ago and will need to overcome another Ballydoyle powerhouse in Whirl if she is to break her top-level duck at the ninth attempt.
Andrew Balding’s filly has looked better than ever this season and ran riot in the Group Two Middleton Fillies’ Stakes (2,000m) at York in May, streaking away by a remarkable 12 lengths.
Most recently, she finished third behind Ombudsman in the Group One Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2,000m) at Royal Ascot and comes into the race as the highest-rated in the line-up.
