The prospect of a fancied runner for the Queen in next year’s Derby during the celebrations for her Platinum Jubilee moved one small step closer at Sandown Park on Saturday as Reach For The Moon, a product of the Queen’s breeding operation, ran away with the Group Three Solario Stakes to earn quotes of around 14-1 for the Epsom Classic next June. The only colt in front of John and Thady Gosden’s colt in the ante-post Derby betting is Aidan O’Brien’s Point Lonsdale, who finished half a length in front of Reach For The Moon in the seven-furlong Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot in June. Reach For The Moon set off as the 2-5 favourite on Saturday having opened his account at the third attempt in a minor event at Newbury last month. The form of that success had been franked on Thursday when Harrow, the four-length runner-up, won at York and Reach For The Moon justified his short price without needing to find top gear. Frankie Dettori, who opted to partner Reach For The Moon in preference to riding for Gosden on the final day of the Ebor meeting, was always travelling smoothly, made easy headway to take the lead with just under a quarter of a mile to run and then quickened clear. Dettori was easing down at the line but still had four lengths to spare over the runner-up, Great Max. “He was quite babyish at the beginning of his career,” Dettori said, “[but] with racing he is getting better and better. Today, he stopped his antics a little bit and he was focusing better. He has got a good size, a wonderful stride and he has got gears. He’s a very exciting prospect. “I was a bit concerned about the slow pace at the beginning so I set him for home a long way out. Normally I wouldn’t do that, but I didn’t want to sit and sprint as he is such a big horse. He went through the gears and put daylight between them and felt good on top. “We feel like the more he is racing the better he is getting, so I suspect you will see him out a couple more times before the end of the season. I suspect the [Group One] Dewhurst [at Newmarket on 9 October] could be the plan.” Point Lonsdale confirmed the strength of the Royal Ascot form-line with Reach For The Moon later on Saturday, when he maintained his unbeaten record with a comfortable success in the Group Two Futurity Stakes at the Curragh. Sent off long odds-on at 1-6, Point Lonsdale made most of the running under Ryan Moore to win by four-and-a-quarter lengths. He was cut to around 3-1 for the Dewhurst and remains favourite for the Derby at around 8-1. The Solario Stakes has a rich recent history as a source of Classic and Group One-winning three-year-olds. Masar, the following season’s Derby winner, was a two-length winner in 2017, while the multiple Group One winners Kingman and Too Darn Hot were successful in 2013 and 2018 respectively. At York, Johnny Murtagh won the Ebor for the second time in eight years and gave Ireland its sixth win in the past 13 runnings as Sonnyboyliston stayed on too strongly for Quickthorn and Alounak. Quickthorn hit the front just over a furlong out but Ben Coen, who was appointed top jockey to the Murtagh stable at the start of the year, soon edged a neck ahead on Sonnyboyliston and then galloped on resolutely to win by a head. The 19-year-old Coen has been widely tipped as a future Irish champion jockey. He celebrated his first Royal Ascot winner on his fifth ride at the meeting in June and has now added a success in Europe’s most valuable Flat handicap. Sunday’s racing tips, by Greg Wood What was due to be the third and final meeting in the Sky Bet Sunday Series has turned out to be the middle leg, with the abandoned card at Haydock Park now rescheduled for 12 September. Tommy G and Modular Magic (5.20), two of the winners at the first meeting at Musselburgh last month, both attempt to follow up at Sandown Park on Sunday and stay in the running for the £100,000 bonus for any horse which wins on all three cards. Tommy G may have his work cut out from a wide stall in the finale, but Modular Magic overcame a poor draw to record a comfortable success four weeks ago and a 4lb rise for that effort looks manageable. Sandown Park 3.55 No form to work with in this race for newcomers, but Umax, a 300,000gns purchase as a yearling, is the only runner with a Group One entry later in the season. Sandown Park 4.20 The ground was heavy at Goodwood last month when Sweet Reward finished a strong second in an apprentices’ race, but Jonathan Portman’s gelding has form on quicker ground too and showed his liking for this track and trip with back-to-back wins in May and June. Sandown Park 4.50 Fast Response has progressed with every race so far and starts her handicapping career on what looks like a very fair opening mark of 81. Sandown Park 5.45 Ravens Ark took a step forward when racing with cheek-pieces for the first time at Brighton earlier this month. The form was franked when Contingency Fee, the runner-up, went in next time up and he will take all the beating if the headgear continues to work its magic. Sandown Park 6.15 Just five went to post when One Small Step got off the mark in handicaps at Windsor last month, but Brian Meehan’s filly won with something to spare and is only 4lb higher in the weights. She looks overpriced at around 12-1 with Oisin Murphy taking over in her saddle. Sandown Park 6.45 Farasi Lane needs to be forgiven a below-par run on heavy ground at Goodwood last time, but had previously looked like a progressive handicapper and likely to appreciate this step up to a mile. Tom Marquand, who steered him to a comfortable win over course and distance in early July, is back in the saddle and a big run is on the cards.