MOTHER EARTH is the value play against hotpot Baaeed in the Group 1 Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes (3.20) at Newbury.
Unbeaten in six starts last year, including two at the top level, Baaeed will be hard to beat on his return for 2022. But at his current odds, William Haggas’ four-year-old is one for the needy or greedy.
Mother Earth is also a dual Group 1 winner, landing Newmarket’s QIPCO 1,000 Guineas and the Prix Rothschild at Deauville as a three-year-old – as well as claiming five podium finishes in the highest grade.
