The feature event at Ascot this afternoon offers up a classic racing puzzle: proven form versus exciting potential. Platitude, the five-length winner of the March Stakes at Goodwood in August, is the favourite for the Listed Noel Murless Stakes at 11-8, and the six opponents lined up against him include Dermot Weld’s three-year-old Aydoun, whose sole race to date was a maiden at Listowel 15 days ago, which he won by nearly five lengths.
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