Chester May Festival 2024 day two: Capulet can win the Dee Stakes

CAPULET can give Aidan O'Brien another record-equalling 11th victory in the Boodles Raindance Dee Stakes (3.05pm) on day two of the Boodles Chester May Festival. And with success in the Listed contest on the Roodee the three-year-old may book his ticket to next month's Betfred Derby at Epsom.

The three-year-old son of American Triple Crown hero Justify has only won once at the all-weather track at Dundalk in four starts – but he looks capable of plenty of progress stepped up to an extended 1m2f for the first time. He was beaten half-a-length by stable-mate Diego Velazquez in the Group Two KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes at Leopardstown in September. And he was less than two lengths behind last weekend's QIPCO 2,000 Guineas fourth Ghostwriter, when third in the Group Two Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes at Newmerket in September last year.

He was only third when favourite on his return in the Woodford Rservee Cardinal Conditions Stakes at Chelmsford City last month as connections tried to qualify him for a crack at the Kentucky Derby. With that not going to plan, he could be on the road to Epsom or possibly the French Derby now. He will clearly need to improve for his most recent run but stepping up in trip should bring about that improvement and on his juvenile form he looks to hold a solid chance of victory in the Dee Stakes ahead of the John and Thady Gosden-trained God's Window.

Another O'Brien inmate POINT LONSDALE can win the Group Three feature on the second day of the May meeting, the tote.co.uk Supporting Racing Ormonde Stakes (3.40pm). O'Brien's five-year-old won the Huxley Stakes over an extended 1m2f at his meeting last year but things didn't go to plan afterwards as he returned to Group One company. He was third