TWO-YEAR-OLDS have had little look-in on these pages so far this season, and with good reason, as there has not yet been an outstanding performance on the clock from a juvenile in Britain or Ireland.

Things are beginning to warm up, however, and the best time race of the campaign for youngsters came at Ascot last Saturday, when Godolphin’s Aqabah came out on top in a tight finish to a five-furlong novice stakes.