MOORE HAS ILL POWER

Back winning machine Ryan

- By Mark Winstanley

WE NEED to find a speedy two-year-old to land the Norfolk Stakes over five furlongs at Royal Ascot and AFJAN (2.30) showed a sparkling turn of foot to score on his racecourse debut at Chantilly 18 days ago.

Monsieur Devin has placed a tongue-tie on the son of Mehmas, so that can only aid his cause, while last year's winner came out of trap four and the French raider races from stall five, so snare the 8-1 each-way.

On his last spin over a mile and a quarter at Leopardstown in March, SERIOUS CONTENDER (3.05) obliged off a mark of 85, for which the assessor raised Aidan O'Brien's horse to a ledge of 92.

The form of the race has worked out like a dream with the fifth, sixth, seventh and 11th all subsequently winning, so he is going to take the world of beating under Ryan Moore in the King George V Handicap over a mile and a half.

It was a cracking effort by