TWO rather more typical Scat Daddys than Justify were in action at Naas last Sunday, with Sergei Prokofiev and Sioux Nation doing their Royal Ascot claims plenty of good with successes in the Listed Coolmore War Command Rochestown Stakes and the Group 3 Goffs Lacken Stakes respectively.

The former probably did not have a great deal to beat but could not have done it much better, scoring by four lengths and returning a 100 timefigure.

I have bumped his Navan win up to 106 on the back of this, which means he is still the top juvenile in Ireland and Britain on the clock at the time of writing.

Sioux Nation left a couple of soft-ground disappointments behind him with a smooth success in quite a strong field, and the stopwatch backs up the favourable impression, with a 116 timefigure on the winner and 108 figures on the placed horses, Fleet Review and Speak In Colours. He is good enough to go close in what appears likely to be another strong Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot.

Sioux Nation ran the six furlongs almost 3.0s quicker than Servalan managed in the Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Fillies’ Sprint which preceded it, though that is a reflection of the steady pace in the latter race rather than a vast gulf in ability (after allowing for the winners’ different ages).

As a result, Servalan gets a timefigure of just 66, and it may be best to regard the form as less than rock-solid, promising though the winner is.

It is not easy to put figures on the round-course races at Naas, with the last two being cancelled due to concerns about a slippery surface. Nonetheless, Brother Bear’s victory in the Owenstown Stud Stakes was not fast in terms of average race speed and gets just a 78 timefigure. This looks another piece of form to treat with some caution.

The previous day’s meeting at Navan featured a ready win for Southern France in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Yeats Stakes, in a time 2.51s quicker than the fillies’ handicap that followed it.

I make that worth a 100 timefigure for the son of Galileo, who could well be a major player in the Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot.