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ONE of the potential stars of the flat season, BAAEED, makes his long awaited return to the track in the Group One Lockinge Stakes (Newbury, 3.20) and it will be a major shock if he is beaten in what looks a straightforward start to his second season in training (having never raced as a juvenile).

Unbeaten in six starts last year, including a sensational victory in the Group 3 Thoroughbred Stakes at Goodwood, followed by a smooth success in the Prix du Moulin, many then crabbed his last win in the QEII at Ascot on Champions Day. However, he could just have been feeling the effects of a long hard 2021 when he edged out Palace Pier by a neck.

A very strong looking colt, who perhaps doesn’t have the physical demeanour of a 10 furlong horse, has the ability to travel at a high cruising speed and then pick up his rivals with a classy turn of foot at the end of his race, marking the son of Sea The Stars as a global superstar in the making, should he to stick to a mile.