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Last year’s Group 2 Vintage Stakes winner Marbaan will be attempting to win at back-to-back Goodwood Festivals in the Group 2 Lennox Stakes on Tuesday.

Third on debut at Newbury in May 2022, Marbaan won his subsequent three starts including the Vintage Stakes when beating Chesham Stakes victor Holloway Boy. His form tailed off towards the end of the season, culminating in a fifth-place finish behind Chaldean in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket.

The Charlie Fellowes-trained colt has not shown the same level of form as a three-year-old but demonstrated a glimpse of his juvenile ability when runner-up in the six-furlong Listed Cathedral Stakes at Salisbury. He attempted to make all in the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot and struggled in the closing stages, hanging right before weakening into twelfth.

"I was disappointed with Ascot because I don't think we saw the real Marbaan. Everything that could have gone wrong went wrong," said Fellowes.

"Ascot is a horrible place to try to make the running and I don't think Marbaan is the sort of horse you want to make the running with – all of his best performances have come when he's been ridden with a little bit of cover.

"He was my one real frustration after Ascot, all my other horses ran well, and I'm just convinced it was because of the way the race panned out.

"The plan is to go back to Goodwood for the Lennox. I'm convinced he's got the speed for six furlongs, but we're going to go back up to seven and he has won over course and distance.

"He worked on Tuesday morning, he's in great order and I know there's a big performance in him this year."

Marbaan is currently 10/1 for the Group 2 Lennox Stakes at the Goodwood Festival.