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Khalidi & Raheen House– 2nd & 4th in King Edward VII Stakes, Friday

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Identifying John Gosden’s principal St Leger contender is not just a fun game to play for those with too much time on their hands, but also potentially financially rewarding – he has won the Classic four times in total including three of the last 10 – and his Stradivarius was cut across the boards to a top-price 12/1 after winning the Queens Vase on Friday.

Coronet took the Ribblesdale for Gosden a day earlier and she’s just a couple of points bigger at 14s but one of the Newmarket master’s beaten Royal Ascot runners might ultimately become the number one for Doncaster and KHALIDI is currently on offer at 20/1.

Like winner Permian, he consigned his moderate Derby effort to the past with a very positive showing in the King Edward VII Stakes on Friday and nothing was finishing quite as strongly over the stiff mile and a half trip than the runner-up.

He was quick enough to win over nine furlongs in Newmarket's Feilden Stakes at the start of the year but there is hope in his pedigree that he might just thrive for a test of stamina. By High Chaparral, he’s a first foal of Bezique so you’ve got to go back a couple of generations but the dam was out of a half-sister to Melbourne Cup second Bauer, as well as useful mile and three-quarter performer Boz.

Khalidi has plenty of class about him and if he does get a mile and six furlongs, which his breeding suggests he might, he should develop into a serious Leger type, though it’s worth noting he’ll probably need a bit of a mid-summer break having been on the go since the first Flat meeting of the year – when he ran at Doncaster, a course at which he won a mile nursery last September… on St Leger day to be precise.

See, I told you it could be fun. (Matt Brocklebank)

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These are not the very best of times for Brian Meehan, but he keeps chipping away and has shown countless times before that he knows what to do when he does get a good horse among his ranks.

At 25/1, Raheen House was the shortest priced of the stable's five Royal Ascot runners last week, but also produced by far the most promising performance, making late gains for fourth place behind Permian.

I can understand, my colleague's attraction to the tough-as-teak Khalidi, who is progressing nicely with experience. Furthermore, it's probably not wise to get carried away about the strength of form which features a number of horses who have pretty major questons to answer now.

However, I was impressed by RAHEEN HOUSE, who had little realistic prospect of getting involved from his unpromising early position, stone last of the field, behind an unfortunately slow pace set by Glencadam Glory.

He had five lengths to make up on Khalidi on previous Goodwood form, but got closer here despite the race not going his way. A mile and a half clearly suits - as his pedigree suggested it might - and he might not be a hopelessly unrealistic outsider in a big race over the trip. (Will Hayler)

Drochaid - 4th in King George V Stakes, Thursday

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King George V Stakes winner Atty Persse looks a rapidly-improving Frankel colt with a really big future and if he's to become a Group-class performer then this event should throw up more than its share of subsequent handicap winners.

Godolphin made it a one-two with First Nation taking second but the efforts of Bear Valley and DROCHAID can both be marked up after they didn't get brilliant runs up the straight.

The former appears to have progressed again since being gelded and looks an obvious one for a return to Goodwood next month - where he won a nursery last season - but Andrew Balding's runner should probably have finished second with a bit more luck.

He raced a little too enthusiastically in the early stages, especially considering he was trying the mile and a half trip for the first time, and he was twice denied a clear path when trying to get into top gear.

He eventually got on a roll for Oisin Murphy and clearly relished every yard so he's one to monitor closely in the coming weeks given he's so unexposed at the trip. (Matt Brocklebank)

Sabador - 13th in  Britannia Stakes, Thursday

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Connections of Indian Dandy were no doubt cursing their luck after he flew home up the stands rail to 'win' the race on his side of the track, only to finish fourth overall as Bless Him, Ronald R and Tricorn fought out the first three places on the opposite side of the track.

Marco Botti's charge will find his way into many a My Stable tracker but he's unlikely to be much of a price next time based on this highly promising performance.

With that in mind, it could be worth casting the net a little wider when it comes to the stands' side group, with City Of Joy another one of those finishing with purpose having had to switch a couple of times to find a way through.

He's progressing nicely this season having been gelded over the winter and should be followed in the top three-year-old handicaps, with a slight step up in distance probably within his compass.

If pushed to follow one Britannia horse, however, it would be Ed Walker's SABADOR, who ended up 13th having had to sit and suffer near the back of the larger group before struggling to thread a path.

If he'd followed Indian Dandy to the rail then he could have got close to that rival but instead weaved out more towards the middle of the course and lost all momentum.

It would be pushing it to suggest he passed the post still on the bridle - but he wasn't far off - and can be rated significantly better than the bare form of this run. Furthermore, he was hopefully far enough behind the principals for his run to have escaped under the radar. (Will Hayler)

Fastnet Temptest – 9th in Royal Hunt Cup, Wednesday

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Plenty of horses got going all too late in this year’s Hunt Cup, Martyn Dwyer on Zhui Feng remarkably managing to lull some of his weighing room colleagues into a false sense of security before booting his mount home for a rare all-the-way win in this famous, big-field handicap.

GM Hopkins was possibly the most obvious of those to finish with a flourish as he came strongly for seventh, but his was a fairly clear passage and there’s a strong chance eventual ninth FASTNET TEMPTEST would have beaten that rival, and maybe a couple more, had he not suffered such a troubled run.

He was right near the back of the stands' side group and was initially buffeted about as he squeezed between Hors De Combat and Bravery, before having to switch round the grey Early Morning.

This all unfolded between the two furlong marker and the one, as the principals got first run, and his effort can definitely be marked up.

William Haggas’s charge has already won two handicaps this year but he’s still open to improvement at a mile and this run left the impression the assessor hasn’t quite collared him just yet. (Matt Brocklebank)

Dancing Breeze - 7th in Sandringham Handicap, Wednesday

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Jamie Spencer's game of cat-and-mouse with Ryan Moore stole the attention in the Sandringham, but there were some interesting mini-stories in behind including Paco's Angel (third) and Classical Times (fifth) running huge races for Richard Hughes and Peter Chapple-Hyam respectively.

John Gosden saddled three and Josephine Gordon felt Gymnaste wasn't letting herself down on the quick ground, while she raced with choke out for much of the way before weakening from two furlongs out.

She's well worth another chance and will appreciate a little more ease underfoot and stablemate DANCING BREEZE can also get back to winning ways before too long.

She was slowly into stride and pulled quite hard early on but made a darting move a furlong out on the far side before staying on at the one pace to finish just out of the places.

A daughter of New Approach out of an unraced half-sister to 10-furlong winner Rice Mother, she already looks desperate for a step up in trip, something that appeared in evidence when fifth at Sandown the time before, and it's not hard to see this Newmarket maiden winner improving past her current mark of 87 once granted a stiffer test of stamina. (Matt Brocklebank)

Projection – 3rd in Wokingham Handicap, Saturday

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This four-year-old is a horse I have been keeping a close eye upon, ever since his luckless run 11 months ago when sent off favourite for the Stewards’ Cup at Glorious Goodwood.

His trainer reported a few niggling issues last season but PROJECTION looks to be right on song for this summer after an excellent third in the Wokingham.

He beat his half of the field down the stands’ side only to see a couple of those on the far rail edge him out Saturday but it was nevertheless a really creditable display from a sprinter that remains pretty unexposed.

He will be popular for the big cavalry charge back at the Glorious meeting once again and I would advise taking any double-figure ante-post quotes on offer once the entries come out and bookmakers issue prices. (David John)

Romanised - 7th in Coventry Stakes, Tuesday

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ROMANISED missing a beat at the start of the Coventry may in part have been by design - Shane Foley was certainly happy to let the son of Holy Roman Emperor find his own stride when winning first time out at Navan - but cutting down the whole field from the back of the pack unsurprisingly proved an impossible task.

There was a decent response from the colt when Foley asked for an effort and although having to weave, first right and then left, in order to get into the clear, he stayed on to good effect and just missed out on sixth by a neck.

Trainer Ken Condon suggested after Navan that his temperament could prove to be his downfall at Ascot but he appeared to take the preliminaries in his stride, settle quite well in the race, and presumably the whole experience will bring him on again mentally.

It's unlikely Romanised will turn out to be a top-class two-year-old but most of his close relatives improved with age over longer distances and it wouldn't be a surprise to see him being campaigned at a mile come the end of this season.

Forest Ranger – 5th in St James's Palace Stakes, Saturday

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The son of Lawman has the physical presence to knock your eyes out and it will be disappointing – almost upsetting – if FOREST RANGER were to not win more races this season.

Connections might just take a breather having set him a couple of stern examinations of late in the Dante and the St James’s Palace Stakes before regrouping and perhaps bringing him back in slightly less taxing company.

The trainer felt before York in the spring that he would improve with racing so all options look open for the second half of the campaign and he could still turn out to be very good indeed.

A hold-up type, he proved pretty devastating at Newcastle on the All-Weather in April with a strong pace to take aim at. (David John)