Coral Vintage Stakes (Group 2)

Now looks a bargain at 35,000gns as a yearling and made it 2-2 (both 6f on good to firm) when quickening clear to take the Group 2 July Stakes at Newmarket, fending off the late rally of Coventry runner-up Do Or Do Not; penalised accordingly but he's bred to be even better at 7f.

All runs over 6f on good or faster ground; impressed on debut and reportedly endured a setback before his third to top prospect Albert Einstein in the Group 3 Marble Hill; carried plenty of market confidence when fourth of 20 in the Coventry at Royal Ascot (5-1) and that effort offered plenty of encouragement for this step up to 7f; interesting.

Arguably the best maiden in training having finished runner-up in the Coventry and the July Stakes; didn't make life easy for himself in the latter at Newmarket by coming under pressure so far out but he finished well and this step up to 7f looks an obvious move.

400,000euros yearling by Wootton Bassett; narrowly beaten by a shorter-priced stablemate when both were making their debuts at the Curragh and he readily went one better when making all on his return visit (again over 7f on good); the second, another Ballydoyle inmate, has impressed since; this is the chosen one of the yard's four entries at the five-day stage.

The form of his Ffos Las win (6f, good) is well below the required standard for this but winning newcomers from this yard usually turn out useful and the stable won four consecutive renewals of this race from 2010, and again in 2023 with Haatem; unwise to put a line through him.