Upwardly mobile Afjaan can follow up off revised mark

Pixeleen
Trainer: Malcolm Saunders
4th, Epsom, April 26
Sprinters from this stable typically improve with age so this five-year-old mare could have more to offer. Last season she ran exclusively in 6f races and a return to that distance could suit. She simply got going too late over this sharp 5f as she was last two furlongs out and half a dozen lengths off the leaders, but stormed home to be beaten only one and three-quarter lengths.
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Balgair
Jonathan Portman
7th, Epsom, April 26
This race was dominated by horses who were ridden prominently –the first three were never more than a couple of lengths off the lead – and what appeared to be a favourable draw for Balgair in stall one proved to be a disadvantage. He was shuffled back in the early stages and then suffered a rough passage as he tried to progress through the field in the home straight. To his credit, he kept going and he may be more effective at a course with a stiffer finish – his only previous win was achieved at Sandown.
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Afjaan
William Haggas
Won, Haydock, April 29
The first three pulled well clear in this 7f handicap won decisively by this progressive five-year-old despite a slow start. Runner-up Oh This Is Us, who was second in the Lincoln and previously won a valuable handicap at Bath, gives the form substance, so Afjaan could well follow up off his revised mark in a big handicap. The Victoria Cup is a possible target, although options over a mile are open to him too. In September he won the London Mile Handicap Final at Kempton.
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