THE two-year-old timefigure scene is dominated by the first three in the Coventry Stakes (with Calyx on 110, including sectional upgrades) and Natalie’s Joy (also 110 for her Goodwood debut win) and there was not a lot going on in the latest week to threaten that.

Nonetheless, there was plenty to like about the win of Royal Intervention in the listed fillies’ contest at Newmarket on Saturday, achieved in a speedy 1m 13.09s on what was another heavily-watered surface.

The daughter of Exceed And Excel came home four and a half lengths and more clear of her rivals, posting a 102 timefigure, which is behind only the aforementioned Natalie’s Joy, So Perfect (mentioned elsewhere in this piece) and the US-based Shang Shang Shang (103) among juvenile fillies in Ireland and Britain so far this season.

It seems likely that Royal Intervention will be up to mixing it with the best of her age and sex later in the year and the speed she showed here suggests she does not need further than six furlongs at this stage.

USEFUL JUVENILES

There were also useful winning juvenile timefigures in the period under review from Victory Command (98), Oberyn Martell (97) and Comedy (95).

The first named is flying the flag for first season sire War Command, with this wide-margin win at Beverley being his third from six starts. His BHA mark for nurseries of 94 does not seem too harsh all told.

Oberyn Martell, representing another freshman sire in Charm Spirit, made it two wins from three by taking the scalp of the useful Its The Only Way on ground at Salisbury which seemed firmer than the official “good to firm”. His BHA mark of 93 looks similarly workable.

Comedy has won two from three also and her ready defeat of Star Terms at Doncaster showed she goes on firm ground to boot. Her BHA mark of 87 looks the most generous of the trio.

Connections may well aim higher than nurseries with Klute, the all-the-way winner of a maiden at the Curragh on Sunday that contained several others for the notebook.

SOF LEAD

The son of Kodiac got a somewhat soft lead (around 106% finishing speed) and was more than 2.0s slower than the winner of an ordinary handicap which followed.

Klute’s timefigure comes out at 81, but it is a good bet that he will improve markedly on that, as surely will the Aidan O’Brien-trained pair Mount Everest and Anthony Van Dyck in sixth and seventh.