LA GUARIDA is a going-places filly who should be well served by the opportunity to tackle seven furlongs for the first time. Rohaan (right): two-time Wokingham winner contest Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes It was no great surprise Rohaan needed his comeback eighth of nine to Run To Freedom - Khaadem was third and Sandrine fifth - in Salisbury’s Listed Cathedral Stakes last, and better is expected back at his favourite hunting ground.Īrtorius, who flew home for a share of third in this last year, the redoubtable Highfield Princess and Al Suhail, whose trainer Charlie Appleby has captured two of the past four runnings, look best of the rest in a compelling last Group 1 of the meeting. On the face of it, a fourth to Kinross in the Group 1 British Champions Sprint a fortnight later - Run To Freedom finished ahead in second, with Art Power back in eighth - might appear to expose my selection’s limitations at the top level, a sphere in which he is 0-7.īut closer inspection shows the 18-runner field split into two groups - 11 horses raced towards the far rail, with seven running down the centre - and Adam Kirby’s mount did best of those positioned closest to the inside of the course. Rising through the ranks in 2021, Rohaan beat Fresh by a neck for the Wokingham Handicap and he defended his title 12 months ago with a three-quarter-length margin from Popmaster, in the process becoming the fifth horse since the race took its current form in 1874 to land it twice.īut Rohaan is not ‘just’ a handicapper, returning to Ascot for the Group 3 Bengough Stakes in October to hold Summerghand by a length and a half. ROHAAN is a few pounds shy of the market principals but his record at Ascot raises hopes of a bold show.ĭavid Evans’ five-year-old has an impressive strike rate of nine wins from 29 attempts, and his last three successes have come over this course and distance.
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