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Andrew Balding’s colt has impressive change of gear and won his only start to dateThe Solario Stakes has relatively lowly Group Three status but it has offered plenty of future Group One winners a useful stepping stone to the autumn’s championship events in recent years, including Kingman (2013), Masar (2017) and Too Darn Hot (2018), and the latest renewal at Sandown on Saturday includes several runners with obvious potential to follow their lead.Field Of Gold, a significant improver when successful at Newmarket last month, is a logical favourite butMatauri Bay and Royal Playwright (3.35) were winners of their only starts to date and Andrew Balding’s colt could have the most scope for progress. He showed an impressive change of gear for a debutant to accelerate three lengths clear of his field in a useful time at Salisbury in July and Balding’s juveniles tend to find plenty of improvement for a run. Continue reading...