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A Lockinge Stakes that looked right up to scratch produced a winning performance that rates just that as Lead Artist found dramatic improvement from last month’s disappointing Sandown reappearance to record a Racing Post Rating of 123, showing a level of form that sits bang on the ten-year par.
It also matches the 123 returned by stablemate Audience last year, although the minimal improvement this four-year-old showed at the weekend was certainly easier to foresee.
Unraced at two and progressive last year, Lead Artist signalled he would be a candidate for top races this season when defying a 3lb penalty in the Group 3 Darley Stakes last October with an RPR of 122.
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