Finjaan to have Classic prep

Marcus Tregoning will target Finjaan at one of the seven-furlong Classic trials ahead of a possible tilt at the Stan James 2000 Guineas.

The Lambourn trainer was delighted that Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum’s colt got the seven furlongs in the Darley Dewhurst Stakes on his first attempt at the trip, even though he was pipped into third behind Intense Focus and Lord Shanakill in the Newmarket Group One.