York Eyecatcher Do Or Do Not one to keep onside
Ed Walker's Space Blues colt left a beaten debut well behind him in the six-furlong affair, matching strides with Archie Watson's more experienced Tadej and missing out by just a neck on the line.
Walker's string are in superb form and the well-regarded Tadej is headed next for the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot, where a good run would make Do Or Do Not look a decent sort himself.
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