The Weatherbys British EBF Agnes Keyser Fillies' Stakes at Goodwood always attracts some exciting three-year-old fillies and it consequently boasts a glittering roll of honour that features the subsequent top-level winners Sea Of Class, Speedy Boarding and Great Heavens.

So prestigious is the race, in fact, that the Classic-winning Newmarket stables of John and Thady Gosden and George Boughey are both double-handed in this year’s renewal.

The Gosdens’ declared runners Light Of Paris and Sacred Ground, who cost more than £1 million between them, are particularly exciting.

Light Of Paris, the clear-cut winner of a ten-furlong Ascot maiden last month on only her second start, is a Sea The Stars half-sister to Lucky Lion, who is best remembered for taking the scalp of Noble Mission when he won a Group 1 in Munich in 2014. The siblings were bred by German outfit Stall Parthenaue out of Lips Arrow, a Listed-winning Big Shuffle half-sister to German 1,000 Guineas scorer Lips Poison. Light Of Paris carries the silks of Blackhurst Racing, having been bought for 500,000gns as a yearling at Tattersalls.

Sacred Ground, who has finished second in the Pretty Polly Stakes and Childwickbury Stud Fillies' Trial Stakes on her last two starts, is bred in an even deeper shade of blue, being by Kingman and out of Oaks and Prix de Royallieu heroine Anapurna, a daughter of Frankel from the breeder Meon Valley Stud’s outstanding family of One In A Million, Milligram and, interestingly, Speedy Boarding. She is owned by Marcstown and Andrew Rosen, having cost 550,000gns as a yearling.

Bougheys’ two hopes both have far more race experience, so could be tough to beat.

Della Pace, who has raced six times and finished a close fourth in the Height Of Fashion Stakes last time out, has a pedigree that is an intriguing blend of stamina and speed as she is by Camelot, a fine source of stayers, and out of Wild Abandon, a placed Kingman half-sister to champion two-year-old Reckless Abandon, who won the Prix Morny and Middle Park Stakes.

Lady Dora Mae has been even busier, having run eight times including when second in a trappy ten-furlong handicap at Nottingham just last Sunday. She is by promising second-season sire Space Blues out of Moll Davis, a Listed-placed Kingman full-sister to Group 3 winner Mrs Fitzherbert. Intriguingly, she has a date with the auctioneer at the Tattersalls July Sale next month.

Botagoz is another who holds a leading chance. The Roger Varian-trained filly doesn’t look an obvious stayer on paper, being by the renowned precocity and pace source Mehmas, but the manner in which she stayed on to finish third in the Michael Seely Memorial Stakes at York on her last start suggests she could relish this step up to ten furlongs. She must take after her dam Bocca Baciata, who is by stamina influence Big Bad Bob and won four stakes races over nine to ten furlongs and ran second in the Pretty Polly at the Curragh.

Rose Ghaiyyath is also going up from a mile to ten furlongs, having finished tenth – but not beaten all that far – in the 1,000 Guineas last time. The Richard Hughes-trained filly should see out the trip as she is by Ghaiyyath, whose four Group 1 victories came over ten to 12 furlongs, out of the Invincible Spirit mare Local Time, who notched the UAE 1,000 Guineas and Oaks double.

Ghaiyyath is also represented in the race by Plaid, who bolted up in a Hamilton nine-furlong handicap by eight lengths last month. The sire’s influence should ensure that the James Fanshawe-trained filly appreciates the extra furlong, although it’s worth noting that she is out of On The Stage, a dual five-furlong winner by crack sprinter Swiss Spirit.

Ourbren, sixth in the German 1,000 Guineas last Sunday for Stan Moore, is another in the race with a stamina question mark over her, as she has only raced over as far as a mile and is by the top sprinter Starman. Her supporters might be reassured by the fact that her smart half-sister Chica De Ciudad stayed ten furlongs and she is out of Picosa City, a Temple City half-sister to Homerique, who finished third to Laurens in the Prix de Diane, beaten only a neck in total, before she raced in America, where she won the New York Stakes over ten furlongs.

Venetia is actually dropping down from 12 furlongs for this race, so should have no problem seeing out the trip. The pedigree of Cayton Park Stud’s homebred, trained by Ralph Beckett, reinforces that impression as she is by Lope De Vega and out of the Cape Cross mare Vivid Diamond, who won the Listed Chester Stakes over 14 and a half furlongs.

The Ed Walker-trained filly Capichera is bidding to break her maiden in the Agnes Keyser Stakes, having finished placed on all of her last three starts in competitive races at around a mile. She was bred by her owner, Kildaragh Stud, by sending the Listed-placed Shamardal mare Orcia to dual Derby hero Australia, whose progeny usually have no problem staying.