David Baxter runs the rule over last week's eyecatching juvenile performances

The compressed start to the British Flat season means trainers have been left with a two-week window to get juveniles ready for Royal Ascot. With more than a week of racing, there have been pointers aplenty into how the six two-year-old races at the fixture could play out. David Baxter identifies picks over the evidence

Fitness first or one race prep?

Trainers take differing approaches on how to prepare a horse for its first day at the racecourse; some preferring to have them primed, while others leave more to work with for subsequent runs.

We have seen some wide-margin winners emerge from the first batch of juvenile races, notably Mighty Gurkha and Sands Of Time, who were both visually impressive at Lingfield.