Three Flat Horses to Follow - 'Even waiting to see her coming up the gallop gets you excited' This time of year is an exciting one for punters as the Classics are upon us; potential superstars are emerging on both sides of the Irish Sea and major festivals come thick and fast. Each week, our team of Johnny Ward, Emma Nagle and Paddy Flood give their horses to follow from the past week of action and three fillies have caught their eye. Emma Nagle - Velozee I’m going to stick with Velozee, who we saw in the Curragh on Monday. She really excites me. Even waiting to see her coming up the gallop gets you excited. She’s got plenty of boot - I’d say she might get an entry in a Group 3 at Naas and then potentially go to Ascot, all going well. But at the moment, she looks like she has a really exciting profile. Paddy Flood - Santorini Star One that caught my eye on Friday in Newmarket, and a few people might have missed it with Punchestown on, was Santorini Star for Tony Bloom and William Haggas, back over a mile and a half, that’s as short as she wants it. She’s got an amazing CV. This mare went from handicap level to Listed, then Group 2, and then to a Group 1 placing at Longchamp in France. I’m very sure she’ll get her Group 1 this year. She’s a lovely big mare, and I was watching it thinking, ‘Is this too short for her?’. She looks like the type of mare that you could put into any race and she’d look like she was going to win it. She looks like a mare that loves racing. She was backable as well. She caught my eye there. Johnny Ward - Drop Dead Gorgeous There was no way in the world Drop Dead Gorgeous should have been odds-on when finishing third at the Curragh on Monday. I know she’s got a great pedigree but you were backing this horse purely on information. She’s taken on Black Caviar Gold, a Paddy Twomey runner rated around 107, and she had to beat her. But I felt she should have won. I think it was one of those things, a bit of inexperience and a bit of Ryan Moore looking after her helped her. She’s in the Oaks. She’ll definitely stay further than a mile, the way she raced here on her second start, but she’s got a lot of ability. Watch the Irish Angle in Full
