Mark Johnston Classic hopefuls work at Newmarket

Mark Johnston put the finishing touches to Guineas contenders Buratino and Lumiere as they worked before racing at Newmarket.

Coventry Stakes winner Buratino was busy last season but thrived on his work, while Lumiere won the Cheveley Park Stakes in September.

Buratino worked with New Caledonia while the filly went with Deodoro but both have slight stamina doubts.over a mile

Johnston said: "That was perfect. To be honest, all the work had been done before today and this was just the finishing touches.

"We just wanted to give them an outing to the track because if we are going to start them off at that level, they need to have been to the track beforehand.

"It was terrible ground at Haydock (for their gallop last week), it was very very soft but they did a pretty serious gallop and we knew that they didn't need to do an awful lot today.

"Obviously something like this does not test them over a mile. You might question Buratino on pedigree, but the way he ran in the Middle Park, when he was beaten by an out-and-out sprinter, if he'd have gone further he'd have taken closer order, which gives us confidence in him getting it. His style of racing gives us great confidence as well as he switches off and then finds a gear.

"Lumiere is bred to get every inch of a mile and is not bred to be a sprinter. She's always looked like being a miler and if you looked at her and didn't know her form, you'd think she was a middle-distance horse. The question with her is her temperament, as she can be keen early on but she was much more settled here today.

"Whether that will be the case when the stalls open in the Guineas, who knows. I'm not a great believer of fighting with them - if she goes fast, she goes fast. At York and in the Cheveley Park, she looked the scopiest of the field. Lumiere will be running in the Guineas off the same weight she did in the Cheveley Park."