CANDLEFORD should be backed to follow up his runaway Royal Ascot victory by beating 15 opponents for the bet365 Trophy (3.00) at Newmarket.
The William Haggas-saddled four-year-old has been hit with a 13lb rise for his six-length margin in the Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap, a race that marked his return to the fray for 2022. But the hike was well earned – Candleford turned one of the most competitive races of the summer into a procession – and Tom Marquand’s mount is taken to win again en route to tackling Group company.
Only the needy or greedy will seek to play, but INSPIRAL and Frankie Dettori have the Group 1 Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes at their mercy.
