2:25 Sandown Tips

Found 3rd place easy on debut run and improved to win next time out, looked wrong when finishing last on previous attempt and can bounce back here in a less demanding race of the same calibre.

​A 40,000gns breeze-up buy with serious bloodlines, this two-year-old grey filly was thrown straight into the deep end on her Epsom debut last month, finding a Class 2 test a bit too hot to handle. However, her second career start at Lingfield just six days ago told a completely different story. Dropping back to five furlongs on quick ground, she showed sharp early toe and was only narrowly denied by a neck, flashing the kind of raw precocity her pedigree promised. ​The story tomorrow is all about tactical intent. Stepping straight back up into Listed company for the Coral Dragon Stakes shows exactly how highly the stable rates her engine. By sharpening her skills on a quick turn-around, Boughey is banking on her track experience to offset the rise in class. With regular pilot Billy Loughnane back in the irons, Havana Flash gets a massive opportunity on an uphill finish that will suit her stamina. She enters the picture as a deeply fascinating, unexposed wildcard at an incredibly generous 16/1.