JOHN QUINN is not a trainer to travel his horses unnecessarily so his decision to despatch Vanished all the way from Malton down to Chepstow is a hint that the two-year-old is strongly fancied

Vanished is a daughter of the prolific sprint sire Fayruz, whose pedigree by Song out of a Be Friendly mare absolutely screams of speed. Over the past decade Fayruz has produced some wonderfully fast individuals, including Monkston Point and Farhana.

Although Vanished is a far cry from that particular master-class of sprinters, she proved to be no slouch at Carlisle on August 5, when whipping quite a useful bunch of juveniles in workmanlike fashion.

Quinn's filly has since crossed the Irish Sea to participate in the red-hot Tattersalls Breeders Stakes at The Curragh, where she was far from disgraced in ninth spot. Today Vanished (3.25) tries her luck for the first time in handicap company, and by all accounts has been allotted a favourably low weight in the five-furlong Winning Post Bookmakers Bristol Nursery.

French imports are nearly always of interest since they invariably do well in this country and Simon Dow appears to have got his hands on an interesting former St Cloud scorer, Levantine, who finished a more-than-creditable fourth at Salisbury on his British debut this month.

Levantine (4.00) nearly pulled off a shock 16-1 success on that occasion. He was only beaten a matter of a few feet in a thrilling four-way photo-finish. Now that Dow has learnt a little more about his newcomer's ability, the one-mile Daffodil Leisure Classified Stakes is a perfectly realistic target.

Leicester-bound Safranine's career looked as if it was on the rocks until the Dolphin Street mare joined Ann Stokell last year.

Ann has rekindled the selection's enthusiasm for the game, and Safranine gained a well-deserved victory at Hamilton in July. Connections were flying a bit high when they ran her a couple of times at Doncaster recently, however she'll be far more at home in the Manny Bernstien Handicap at the Midlands course.

Labrett (3.35) let us down big time when carrying the nap selection at Sandown a week ago last Sunday.

Gay Kelleway's gelding needs to be held up, but jockey Ted Durcan got his mount so far behind it was a miracle the partnership eventually managed to even make the frame.

Ridden just a little closer to the pace, Labrett (3.35) can make amends in the T W Clark Handicap at Kempton.

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