NATIVE TRAIL can edge another step closer to a first Classic win in the Group 3 bet365 Craven Stakes (3.35).
Well ahead of the field on form, it will take an exceptional performance to lower his colours at Flat racing HQ. Unbeaten in four starts, he was a cosy victor of the Dewhurst Stakes after he previously outpointed Ballydoyle hotpot Point Lonsdale.
Charlie Appleby and Will Buick have combined to take two of the past three runnings of this – and it will be a shock if the ante-post 2000 Guineas favourite is defeated. Connaught Access Flooring Abernant Stakes (3.00) runner EXISTENT is the value call to make race fitness count. His shrewd yard have rejuvenated him as a sprinter, landing a tidy Wolverhampton and Chelmsford double. Chasing the hat-trick, he lost more than five lengths with a tardy start and was only beaten a length-and-a-quarter.
