MAIN AIM may not have been hugely impressive when scoring on his first two career starts, but as given every indication there is improvement to come and can bring up the hat-trick in the Thames Handicap at Sandown.
The Oasis Dream colt refused to settle on his first racecourse appearance at Salisbury, but he picked up well from the rear to beat a subsequent dual winner in Carniolan.
He again did his best to pull Ryan Moore's arms out when coming from last to
first to secure a neck success over this course and distance last time and a 5lb hike in the weights seems fair enough.
If he can learn to settle, he clearly has a good level of ability and could yet prove better than his mark of 90 suggests.
Willow Dancer has done very little wrong this season and few would begrudge him victory in the Wey Handicap.
Having got off the mark with a decisive victory at Bath last month, the four-year-old has now finished second on his last two starts, most recently when beaten just a head on the Polytrack at Kempton.
He is on a career high-mark of 75 but seems to be progressing and should do well.
Exceedingly Good has shown enough on her first couple of outings to suggest she is capable of getting off the mark in the Yorkshire Radio Maiden at Catterick.
The filly hinted at ability when placed sixth on her Leicester debut and showed even more promise when doing her best work late on to take third at Doncaster last time.
Desert Chill was an impressive victor on her latest outing at Brighton and it will take a good one to stop her following up in the EBF/C&G Construction Solutions Fillies' Handicap. Having been placed on her previous five outings, the Godolphin inmate was certainly not winning out of turn when careering away from her rivals to score by eight lengths earlier this month.
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