Abraham Lincoln

Now that the vast majority of the Classics and the high-pressure events of Royal Ascot are recent history, racing's summer loosens up a touch with Newmarket's July Festival next on the endless circling timeline. What those amazing hardwoods in the pre-parade ring could tell you, looming over decades of choice thoroughbreds and interactions, hushed awe and nervous tension. The meeting's agenda reads like a mini-Saratoga and is Newmarket's finest week of the year. While Saturday's G1 Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai July Cup is the key race, the July Festival is...

The Timeform rankings return to highlight the top-rated maiden/novice winners in Britain and Ireland from the last fortnight (June 22-July 5), with a trio of Ballydoyle bluebloods taking high order after a productive Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Festival for the stable. =3. ABRAHAM LINCOLN (GB) Wootton Bassett (GB) - High Celebrity (Fr), by Invincible Spirit (Ire) Timeform performance rating: 90 Aidan O'Brien's domination of the two-year-old maidens staged at the Curragh's three-day fixture was kicked off by Abraham Lincoln, a straightforward winner of the 6f contest run on June...