Rewilding has a real need for speed

Godolphin's racing manager feels that if the Prince Of Wales's Stakes winner can get into a nice rhythm early on in the piece, then he can use his serious turn of foot to great advantage. With that in mind, fellow Mahmood Al Zarooni inmate and Arlington Million winner Debussy is likely to be declared as a pacemaker.

Having already won the Sheema Classic out in Dubai in March, Rewilding got the better of Aidan O'Brien's So You Think in a titanic battle at Ascot and goes in search of further glory in the 12-furlong heat, which forms part of the Qipco British Champions Series.

"The key to him is that he needs to get into a rhythm. He has such a good turn of foot and that is why we'll probably be running a pacemaker," said Crisford. "He loves quickening up off a fast pace, it's no good to him if they crawl and then sprint. He hates a slow-run race.

"We were not surprised at all that he had the pace to win the Prince Of Wales's over ten furlongs. What really helped him that day was that it was a very strongly run ten furlongs. That meant he could get into his rhythm early and even though he had about eight lengths to make up, he could use his turn of foot.

"We ran him at Ascot as the timing was better than the Coronation Cup. We do like to give him a good gap between his races, although he recovers much quicker now. He has grown up and strengthened this year, but he is still light-framed compared to something like Workforce, who is a much bigger specimen."

With rain continuing to fall around Ascot, Workforce's position at the head of the betting is getting stronger by the day. Coral make him their 11-8 favourite from 7-4 with St Nicholas Abbey out to 9-4 from 15-8. Rewilding is next at 11-4. The three-year-old Nathaniel has also been trimmed from 15-2 into 13-2.

"The support for Workforce, like the Ascot weather, shows no sign of drying up at present, and last year's Derby winner is sure to start favourite on Saturday, although it's unlikely he will be sent off odds-on, as he was when disappointing in the race 12 months ago," said Coral's David Stevens.

Meanwhile, Cruise Tothelimit could head to Carlisle in search of a hat-trick after securing his second victory in less than a fortnight in the Sky Bet Supporting Yorkshire Racing Summer Festival Handicap at Catterick yesterday.

A winner at Windsor on Monday of last week, the 11-2 chance encountered vastly different conditions in North Yorkshire, with heavy rain ensuring testing ground and even briefly threatening the meeting. Although the first three contests passed without serious incident, standing water was found near the two-furlong marker before the feature event and the race was delayed while ground staff aimed to solve the problem.

Ridden by champion jockey Paul Hanagan, Cruise Tothelimit made light of the conditions as he got the better of Lucky Art by a neck. Winning trainer Patrick Morris said: "Having Mr Hanagan on your side helps and if the horse is sound, I wouldn't be afraid to run him at Carlisle on Sunday." The remainder of the meeting was further delayed as the stands side rail was realigned to ensure the area of false ground was bypassed.

The Keith Dalgleish-trained Act Your Shoe Size was a narrow winner of what looked a competitive Producers Nursery. A winner of a Musselburgh selling event before placing fourth in novice company at Newcastle, the 6-1 chance was making his handicap debut and got the better of an argument with Tight Lipped by a neck.