Swallow flight can make up for last year's narrow defeat at Goodwood today. Fortune did not favour the colt at this meeting 12 months ago. He got going too late in the very valuable William Hill Mile Handicap and found the winning post coming too soon, going down by just a neck to Lonesome Dude.
Such is the progress that the four-year-old has made since then that he will be a leading fancy for today's Theo Fennell Lennox Stakes. He showed he has a Pattern race in him when a close third in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, just losing out in a driving finish with Kalanisi and Dansili, who have run so well since.
Swallow Flight has matured into a much more reliable character this term and has won a handicap at Sandown and Listed races here and at Windsor.
Unpenalised, he can put younger rivals Observatory and Three Points firmly in their place.
Vicious Circle can continue Luca Cumani's recent revival with victory in the Glorious Tioman Island Rated Stakes.
The six-year-old was his trainer's star turn in 1999, landing big wins in the Tote Ebor at York and Ritz Club Handicap at Ascot.
His decisive success in the latter event marked the horse out as a Pattern race performer in the making.
He came to hand quickly enough to score first time out last season and can repeat the feat in this Listed event before going on to better things.
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