Brother to smart 2-y-o 7f/1m winner Quadrilateral and 1½m winner Quilted and half-brother to 3 winners, including useful 1m winner Thesis (by Kingman): dam 9.5f winner: useful form: won 6-runner minor event at Southwell in March by short head from Hidden Law: off 4 months (breathing operation), 13/2, got back on the up when 4¼ lengths third of 7 to Shader in minor event at Kempton last time, shaping as if needing stiffer test: will stay beyond 1½m: wears tongue tie: still unexposed, especially over this kind of trip. Andrew Balding