A fiendishly competitive three-year-old sprint handicap is the main betting race on this pre-Ascot Saturday and any punter who comes up with the correct answer to the Pavers Foundation Catherine Memorial at York can count themselves thoroughly in form for the big week ahead. Cosmic Law (3.35) is the suggestion at an each-way price of 16-1.
From the Richard Fahey yard that took this three years ago with Mr Lupton, Cosmic Law ran what looked like a career best on his reappearance at Chester last month, giving a stone to the winner and being beaten half a length. His form tailed off a bit last year but he was deeply impressive on soft ground in the Woodcote Stakes and is evidently on a very fair mark. Any improvement for that first run back will make him a force here.
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