Baaeed impresses at Newmarket Baaeed maintained his unbeaten record with a thoroughly impressive display in the Edmondson Hall Solicitors Sir Henry Cecil Stakes. A full-brother to the high-class middle-distance performer Hukum, the William Haggas-trained three-year-old looked an exciting prospect when making a winning debut at Leicester — and confirmed that impression with a dominant display over this course and distance last month. The Sea The Stars colt faced a far from straightforward task stepping up to Listed class, with St James’s Palace Stakes fourth Maximal and one-time Classic hope One Ruler among his four rivals, but he ultimately swept them aside with relative ease. Always travelling well in the hands of Jim Crowley, the heavily-backed 10-11 favourite cruised into contention before readily extending four lengths clear, with Maximal a clear second ahead of One Ruler in third. “He’s looking talented,” said Haggas. “He’s got speed and his brother is a mile-and-a-halfer, so he’s an exciting horse. “His pedigree says he could step up to a mile and a quarter, but his style of racing doesn’t really say that. We’ll see, (but) I don’t think there’s any hurry to step him up in trip. “I thought it was a really good Listed contest today, so to do that — come from the back and show a nice turn of foot — is a good sign.” The Newmarket handler was non-committal regarding future plans, but a further step up in class seems certain. Haggas added: “He’s had three quite quick races, so we’ll see. “I don’t know where we’ll go, but I won’t miss a good entry.”
