AT THIS JUNCTURE, IT’S LOOKING GOOD FOR LYONS

JUNCTURE (3.40) is the value play in a fascinating renewal of the Qipco 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket tomorrow.

Ger Lyons ( right) took his first Classic in the Juddmonte colours and this talented grey filly is his sole runner at HQ.

Intended

Her overall rating leaves her some way short of this level, but she has had few chances to prove she is up to it.

The yard’s intended Moyglare horse, she did not make that September contest won by leading Guineas hope Discoveries.

Juncture beat Jessica Harrington’s runner in her maiden at Leopardstown, a race on from her green second place on debut at the track.

That was one of the most impressive performances in that type of event by the winner Contarelli Chapel, who won by five-and-a-half lengths.

Juncture rounded off the campaign with a second to Agartha, who bossed the Group Three from the front.

Fit

That filly’s form ties in with a few of these and the selection was fit for her Dundalk seasonal debut, which she settled in a matter of strides.

It took some time for jockey Colin Keane to pull her up — the sign of a good horse — and with another step forward she can put up a bold show here.

French raider Malavath is a must for the shortlist, but her travel companion EBAIYRA (3.00) earns the overall vote in the Group 2 Betfair Exchange Dahlia Stakes.

Set some stiff assignments in her career, she has been placed twice at Group One level.

Her third in the Neom Turf Cup in Saudi Arabia was perfectly respectable, and this top-rated runner can make fitness count against ante-post favourite Ville De Grace.