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There were also classic clues on offer at Sandown on Friday, with Midterm – who was second-favourite for the Derby before the Group 3 Classic Trial – making his much anticipated second start. Though there was not a wide-margin victory or an explosive turn of foot on display in his one-and-a half-length defeat of Algometer (who is now rated 107p), there was still a lot to be positive about given the pair were eight lengths clear of the third, and it was a race that Midterm – who briefly ran green in the closing stages – should benefit a great deal from. He is now Timeform-rated 112p - the same as his sire Galileo was after his first three-year-old start
The implied comparison with Galileo seems presumptious, given that in the race they mention Galileo beat Milan and Vinnie Roe, no less, by 3.5L and 1L ("ran on well, easily").