Juvenile expert Ross Millar has a fancy in the Markel Richmond Stakes and the Veuve Clicquote Molecomb at Goodwood this week plus reveals a handful of horses who caught his eye in recent days.
Flann Sunna has looked potentially top class in his two wins so far. Firstly at Windsor, where he showed an abundance of pace to readily account for a well-backed favourite, who has won since.
He confirmed that promise with an even more devastating display in a deeper race at Ascot last time out where, under a penalty, he made light-work of a more talented collection of rivals.
The quick ground and fast nature of this test should offer him ideal conditions, and he looks a worthy favourite to land Group honours here.
As the market would suggest, this is a wide-open affair. Pershaada brings plenty of experience, with four runs to his name, but just the one win, although that did come over this course and distance, while her most recent effort, when fourth in the Queen Mary, has been boosted by the runner-up since.
However, I think she'll find things tougher against the boys. Adonius has looked full of speed in three wins - twice at Musselburgh and once at Chester - and the speed test at Goodwood provides could see him at his very best. It is only his trainer's slightly cool recent form that tempers my enthusiasm for him.
My selection would be Ruler's Pride. He was a commanding winner on his debut at Ayr and while he finished down the field on his next start in the Coventry Stakes over six furlongs, I still thought he showed plenty of talent through the early stages before getting hampered and appearing to not stay the stiff six furlongs.
The filly he readily dismissed at Ayr has won the Hilary Needler since, and I'm expecting a big showing now he's dropped back in trip.
Looked in desperate need of the experience on his debut at Doncaster when breaking slowly from the stalls and showing lots of immaturity in the early stages. Under a nurturing ride from George Wood, he made good, late progress, and with the benefit of this first run, he should be well up to winning a novice for a trainer who is assembling a strong team.
Ruby Sands (Ollie Sangster)
A daughter of Sands of Mali, she was another to show plenty of immaturity in the early stages of her debut at Newbury. She belatedly got the hang of things late on, and was making good progress when getting hampered. Her trainer does particularly well with his juvenile fillies and she's worthy of addition to your Racing TV tracker.
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Coral Vintage Stakes review
The first of the Group races for juveniles at Glorious Goodwood went the way of Dr Rascal for trainer Oliver Cole and jockey Kaiya Fraser - for whom this was a first Group win.
In a race full of intrigue the generous early pace was set by Pikachu and Haffner with the eventual winner racing just in behind alongside the penalised Superlative Stakes winner Al Hudaiba who again pulled hard in first time blinkers.
The race came alive as they reached the cut-away with Pikachu unable to quicken and Al Hudaiba trying to quicken down the outside while looking to hang to his right. Kaiya Fraser elected for a brave run through a narrow gap against the rail and as a result did have a bump for a stride or two, yet once Dr Rascal was balanced he kept on well to arguably win a shade cosily, in doing so extending his unbeaten record to three from three.
Al Hudaiba looked marginally more tractable in the closing stages so the blinkers may well have aided him there and he gives the form a solid look as he beat Pikachu by further here than he did at Newmarket even on less favourable terms.
Haffner ran a strong race to finish second and given he is a big imposing individual its entirely feasible to think he'll find further improvement on a less nuanced track, for all that there we're no obvious signs of unbalance in his run.
Yet my overwhelming view is that time will confirm that the winner is comfortably the best of these. The one small concern might be the relative inexperience of his clearly talented and bold jockey, his run up the inside proved inspired here but he was cautioned for allowing Dr Rascal to drift left - not the first time he's received such a caution on juveniles third season. With the Dewhurst the likely next target these small margins matter, I will though be willing him on, in a sport where loyalty is often in short supply Oliver Cole's commitment to sticking with Fraser is commendable and I sincerely hope they reap the rewards.
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