Goodwood's G3 Fairmont Molecomb S. on Wednesday sees the fast and precocious juveniles make hay. Al Shaqab Racing's King of Rooks (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) was unable to confirm the authority of his five-length defeat of the eventual G2 Coventry S. winner Buratino (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) in the Listed National S. at Sandown May 28 when only third in the G2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot June 18, but trainer Richard Hannon is keeping the faith. “This fast five furlongs looks tailor-made for King of Rooks, who has lightning speed as you saw in the Norfolk at Royal Ascot,” he commented. “He paid the penalty that day for getting in a duel with Log Out Island, but we have freshened him up and he has outstanding form claims.” One who is totally unexposed is the Tom Dascombe-trained Kachy (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), who beat the subsequent scorer Muhadathat (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) on debut in a conditions event at this distance at Chester June 27. “We expected him to win and he did and we'll learn a lot more about him tomorrow,” his conditioner said. “We knew he was a nice horse and it's not easy to win at Chester first time, so he's bound to improve from that, but he needs to improve to be competitive in a race like this. The horse he beat at Chester of Mark Johnston's is taking us on again and has won since, so it looks reasonably good form. The ground was pretty quick at Chester, but I don't think he necessarily needs quick ground.”
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