Turret Rocks is a Classic contender Jim Bolger believes he has a real live Classic prospect for 2016 in the filly Turret Rocks. The daughter of Fastnet Rock had top-class form as a youngster, winning the Group Two May Hill Stakes at Doncaster and finishing second to Ballydoyle in the Group One Prix Marcel Boussac at Longchamp. Bolger expects her to be a force to reckoned with in the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, for which she has been clipped to 20-1 from 25s with BoyleSports, and feels she will be even better when going over further than a mile. "She is a gorgeous filly. I'm told that horses by Fastnet Rock improve a lot from two to three and she is bred to improve on her dam side as her mother is by Galileo and was big and backward," the Coolcullen trainer told www.attheraces.com "If she improves as her pedigree suggests she might, she doesn't have to progress much to be up there with the best of them. "I think she could be competitive in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, but the further she goes, the better she'll be, and she should really come into her own over a mile and a half. I like her a lot." Bolger has several a few colts he hopes will fly the flag for his stable in Classics. The pick on two-year-old form would be Herald The Dawn, who won the Group Two Futurity Stakes at the Curragh in August before finishing second to Air Force Blue in the National Stakes there. "He's in great shape. We have to decide in the next 10 days or so whether or not he'll have a prep race for the 2000 Guineas," said Bolger. "We will also be considering the French 2000 Guineas as an alternative to Newmarket. "He's very like his full-brother Dawn Approach in that he wants to get on with it and can be a bit free, but a mile won't be a problem for him." Bolger has not lost faith in Round Two, who looked an exciting prospect before disappointing when favourite for the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot. He has not raced since. "He didn't run up to his form at Royal Ascot and while he was fine after the run, he picked up a hairline fracture shortly afterwards," said the trainer. "We would have had to rush him to get him back out at the backend of last season, so we took our time and he is in good shape now. "He'll line up in one of the 2000 Guineas trials and I'd be optimistic that he'll stay a mile. He could get into the picture for one of the 2000 Guineas yet." Moonlight Magic won both his starts as a two-year-old and is seen by Bolger as a likely type for the Irish Derby. "He's done very well and I'm very happy with him," he said. "The decision we have to make with him is whether to start him off in the 2,000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown or the Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown and we'll be discussing it with the Godolphin team shortly. "After that, the choice will be between the Irish 2,000 Guineas or something like the Dante Stakes at York.
