WE have a new leader among the two-year-olds since I last wrote on these pages, and he is a good one, though the rapidly changing nature of these things means that Lucky Vega may get leapfrogged by another in the coming weeks.

The Jessica Harrington-trained colt won a competitive-looking Group 1 Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh on the 9th of this month in impressive style by three and a half lengths from Aloha Star (who was demoted a place) and gets a 117 figure after a slight adjustment for sectionals.