Bandinelli (GB)

brother to 1m-1m4f winner Old Persian (including at 2/AW/Group 1; RPR 122), and a half-brother to winners Chapelli (5f 2yo; 99) plus Renaissance Queen (1m4f); showed some very useful form on first three starts (all on the AW) but disappointed on handicap debut trying grass for first time; gelded just after and won a 12f Newmarket handicap in first-time cheekpieces in August; followed up in same headgear at Haydock in September, this time over 1m6f; solid second when upped in grade at Kempton (1m4f) in October before winning at the same track over 2m; resumed winning thread when next seen in March 2022 at Kempton (2m); disappointing favourite in 2m handicap at Haydock when next seen in May; down the field again in 1m6f handicap at Ascot in June, with first-time blinkers not appearing to help; similar story at Newcastle (2m) later that month.