ESTRANGE UP FOR PIGGOTT STAKES TEST

ESTRANGE will bid to alienate the opposition for the third time in her short career in Haydock's Betfred Nifty 50 Lester Piggott Fillies’ Stakes.

- BY ADAM MORGAN

David O'Meara's daughter of Night Of Thunder finished her three-year-old campaign with Listed honours at Doncaster and while connections are hesitant about conditions on Merseyside, they have decided now is the time to roll the dice in Group-race company.

“We've been hoping for a bit of easy ground for her and the forecast is not ideal, but I think we'll probably let her take her chance over a mile and a half,” said Chris Richardson, managing director of owners Cheveley Park Stud.

“The ground is drying, but it's a good starting place and we can plot from there and try to find some easy ground throughout the summer.