WHIRL WIND

Moore's mount to put Nassau rivals in a spin

- By The Scout (Melissa Jones)

SUCCESS can be sweet for connections of WHIRL (3.05) in the £600,000 Qatar Nassau Stakes at Goodwood.

Opera Singer benefited from a pitch perfect ride from Ryan Moore when she made all of the running to fend off See The Fire, right, in last year's edition.

The Andrew Balding-saddled runner-up returns for another go but a repeat result looks on the cards with the prize expected to go back to Ballydoyle.

Aidan O’Brien sent Whirl to the Betfred Oaks at Epsom in June, where she pushed the team's number one hope Minnie Hauk all the way.

Back on home terrain last month, my selection went right at it from the start and kept going with gusto to hold subsequent King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes second Kalpana by a length-and-a-quarter.

Whirl jinked slightly at a photographer late on which suggests she had not reached the bottom of the barrel and Moore’s mount should be hard to beat receiving 9lb from her market rival.

A distance of 1m 2f looks as far as Prix de Diane runner-up Bedtime Story wants to travel but she can keep on well enough for third in first-time headgear.

1 RUNNING LION

Made most to add Group Two Royal Ascot honours to her record in the Duke Of Cambridge Stakes, but she is yet to return to the winners’ enclosure.

Found nothing when headed in the Falmouth Stakes and even if returning to her very best, has work to do to match her key opponents.

2 SEE THE FIRE