Is seven furlongs far enough for Free Judgement, even with the likely strong pace? He ran well enough in the Irish 2000 Guineas, but Canford Cliffs absolutely slaughtered him and Steinbeck didn’t do the form of the placed horses any favours yesterday. He also has to shoulder a 3lb penalty for his Group 3 successes.
Despite having something to find with a handful of these on recent form, I quite like the look of
Lucky General
at 33/1. Seven furlongs would appear to be his trip and I’m more than prepared to overlook his latest outing at Epsom. His juvenile form is reasonable, he’s solidly built and he ran perfectly well against older horses in a decent Listed race at Windsor two starts ago.
Richard Hughes can do what he wants from his stands-side draw and one would suspect that Dick Turpin would have run if required.