Tahiyra to land the coronation

Paul Ferguson fancies the 1,000 Guineas second to come good at Royal Ascot

Dermot Weld, trainer of Derby winner Harzand

All the talk during the first weekend in May was of the King’s Coronation, but Newmarket also staged the 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas, and in the latter, beaten favourite and runner-up TAHIYRA ran a stormer and is one to stick with throughout the summer, perhaps even being coronated herself in June. Trainer Dermot Weld expressed concerns about the readiness of his star juvenile and confessed beforehand that he would have preferred another week or two for the daughter of Siy...

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