Shorter trip sure to suit Harasava

Harasava should give Pat Smullen the perfect send-off ahead of Royal Ascot by landing tonight’s Irish Stallion Farms Median Auction Maiden in Sligo.

The seven-times champion will have plenty of high-profile mounts in Ascot over the coming days and he should make today’s trip to the north-west worthwhile by guiding the Aga Khan-owned, Dermot Weld-trained Azamour filly to victory in the finale.

Sixth to Could Should Would at Galway in her only juvenile start last September, Hasanava chased home the potentially useful stayer Barnacle Bill on her recent seasonal debut in Tipperary, with one of today’s rivals Azamesse in fifth.