Alexi, the Pesi Shroff-trained three-year-old, who went down to Juliette and Sultan Suleiman in last start, may not be overly fancied for the feature event of Sunady, the Villoo Poonawalla Indian 2000 Guineas (Gr 1), especially as Sultan Suleiman is also in the fray.

However, after charting the video of his losing run I have reason to believe that Alexi's undoing was because of the extremely fast fraction (5.44 sec for 100m) he cut between the the 400m & 300m markers, after himself setting up a rather fast pace. A change in strategy, like sitting in mid-bunch not too far away from the leader, can completely transform both his performance and fortunes.