Progressive stayer should thrive in the spring conditions at Ayr

Credit: Alan Crowhurst

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3.10 NewburyAl Basti Supporting Greatwood Greenham Stakes
3.10 Newbury

Connect needs to have developed more pace than he demonstrated when winning a Listed contest over a mile in soft ground at Pontefract in October.

has been injury-free over the winter since finishing lame on his off hind when a red-hot 4-7 favourite Dewhurst Stakes in October. Sometimes a young horse can remember such an experience, but he looked very good when winning his maiden on this course and in the Vintage Stakes at Goodwood, in which today’s his biggest danger James Garfield was beaten more than five lengths in fourth.

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Published on 20 April 2018inHorse racing tips

Last updated 18:03, 20 April 2018

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