Chartwell Test For Rah Rah & Quality Time

Time/Date - 14.50hrs local time/Saturday, May 7, 2016 Racecourse/Country - Lingfield Park/UK
Surface/Distance - Polytrack/7f

Three-year-old fillies Rah Rah and Quality Time go after a first Pattern success in the G3 Betfred 'Be Part Of The Action' Chartwell Fillies' Stakes at Lingfield Park on Saturday, May 7.

The seven-furlong contest, usually run on turf, has been switched to Polytrack after sections of the course were deemed unraceable.

Rah Rah (Mark Johnston/Franny Norton) is unbeaten in two starts on the All-Weather, both over five furlongs, having scored on her debut in a maiden on Polytrack at Kempton Park in March last year and captured a Tapeta conditions race on her seasonal return at Wolverhampton on March 25.

The Lonhro filly, who steps up to seven furlongs for the first time, ran in some of the UK's leading turf races for juvenile fillies last season, including when fifth in the G2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes (Sponsored By QIPCO) over six furlongs at Newmarket in July.

Quality Time (Saeed bin Suroor/Martin Lane), a daughter of Exceed And Excel, also made a winning debut on the All-Weather, readily taking a Polytrack maiden over seven furlongs at Chelmsford City in November.

She drops back in trip after finishing third of four over a mile on her first appearance of this year in a Kempton Park conditions race, also on Polytrack, on April 2.

Mark Johnston said: "This is a significant jump up in trip for Rah Rah but the way she won last time was very interesting.

"She looked like she couldn't go the pace at all early on before winning decisively.

"It will be quite exciting to see what she can do over seven furlongs and there is every chance that she might be better over this trip. If that's the case, then we can expect big things from her."

Saeed bin Suroor commented: "This is the right race for Quality Time and I am looking to see a good run from her.

"She worked nicely earlier this week and is in very good condition. She is an improving filly and looks much better compared to last year."

A field of 10 for the Betfred 'Be Part Of The Action' Chartwell Fillies' Stakes also features Volunteer Point, who scored over the course and distance on All-Weather Championships Finals Day, plus G3 runner-up Ashadihan. Quality Time is drawn in stall one, with Rah Rah in two.