RAIDING PARTY

RONT runner NIGHT RAIDER (3.35) has speed to burn for the Group One Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes.

- By The Scout (Melissa Jones)

The colt was once a Classic prospect for Karl Burke and ran in the 2,000 Guineas of 2024 won by Notable Speech.

Reinvented as a sprinter later that year, the colt showed his potential with two tidy six-furlong successes on the all-weather circuit.

After a break, Night Raider tried to make all in the 6f Duke Of York Clipper Stakes at today’s track.

Down a furlong, my selection had no extra to offer in the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot - a track he found a bit too stiff — and is better judged on his effort in Goodwood’s Group Two King George Qatar Stakes.