Barry Hills Further Flight Stakes (Listed)

Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 3m 0.6s

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Al Qareem²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 112| BF| C

4/6

Smart front runner who won at this meeting 3 years ago and returned with a respectable third of 8 in a Saint-Cloud listed race 3 weeks ago. That should have set him up nicely for this.

Form: 52114-3

(1)

Align The Stars¹⁶⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: J Fanning| T: C Johnston| OR: 101| D

5/1

Progressed well in handicaps last summer, notably a Glorious Goodwood success. Top Group company proved well beyond him on his final 2 outings but no surprise were he to resume his improvement this season having been gelded.

Form: 311188-

(2)

Real Dream¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: R Kingscote| T: Ian Williams| OR: 102| D

11/2

Smart handicapper for Sir Michael Stoute but ended 2024 with a pair of below-par efforts in listed company. His third of 14 in 11f Rosebery handicap at Kempton was an encouraging start for his new connections but he does need to prove he can do it at this level.

Form: 03/257-3

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Divine Comedy¹⁹²

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: Kaiya Fraser| T: Harry Eustace| OR: 101| CD

5/1

C&D winner who developed into a very useful handicapper last season, scoring over 2m at Haydock and also second in the Ascot Stakes at Royal Ascot. Should be bang there if ready to roll.

Form: 312580-

Forecasts

Al Qareem (4/6), Divine Comedy (5/1), Align The Stars (5/1), Real Dream (11/2)

AL QAREEM has a penalty for his Group 3 win last autumn but Karl Burke's front runner is probably still the one to beat in this small field, with last month's reappearance in France likely to have put him spot on for this. Divine Comedy may follow him home.