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Tajalla will be trying Listed company for the first time in the Molson Coors Scurry Stakes at Sandown Park on Saturday.

A ready winner of an early-season Newmarket novice as a juvenile, Tajalla returned after a near year-long absence to take a Hamilton Park novice stakes by a head. The second-placed horse Silent Words has since finished fourth in the Listed Westow Stakes behind Great State, who is the current favourite for the Scurry Stakes.

Trainer Roger Varian said: "It's a nice race, it's competitive and we will learn a bit more about him tomorrow because he has only run in two novices.

"He's a promising young sprinter, I think the stiff five furlongs at Sandown should suit him and we'll see how we go.

"He's only really had one setback which was quite a major setback and came a few weeks after his debut at Newmarket. It meant he had to miss the rest of last season, but he's come out this year and won nicely at Hamilton and I think that form is solid with the second well-regarded.

"We never planned to take him to Ascot, and this looked a nice race so we have hung on. It's a nice race for those horses who don't quite hit that Ascot window. I don't know if he will win or not, but we will find out more about him."

Tajalla is available at 3/1 for the Listed feature at Sandown Park.