Kentucky Derby hope can come through stiffest test

Corinthia Knight
3.40 Lingfield
SP forecast 7-4

Enjoyed fruitful career as a juvenile, winning three times on artificial surfaces and arguably putting up best effort when second in the Group 3 Sirenia at Kempton in September. Arguably hasn’t needed to be as good as that on his way to making it 6-8 overall on all-weather surfaces with hat-trick in 2018, but hasn’t looked like getting beaten either. Would be giving at least 7lb to all his rivals and a stone to market second favourite Breathless Times, who is poorly drawn and whose latest win hasn’t worked out with the runner-up thumped at short odds at Southwell on Tuesday.

Conclusion Strong case for suggesting he should be shorter despite presence of plenty of unexposed improvers.