| NUMBER |
DRAW |
FORM |
NAME |
AGE |
WEIGHT |
TRAINER |
JOCKEY |
RATING |
| |
|
|
1 |
4 |
48-242 |
Flintshire |
4 |
9-5 |
A Fabre |
Maxime Guyon |
— |
"Group 1 winner but has not won this season.
Would be a surprise to see him win even given his top class French trainer.
"
|
| 2 |
6 |
273-01 |
Ruler Of The World |
4 |
9-5 |
A P O´Brien |
Frankie Dettori |
— |
Last year’s Derby winner has not franked the form of that race and win last time out was first since that day.
|
| 3 |
7 |
26-415 |
Al Kazeem |
6 |
9-5 |
Roger Charlton |
James Doyle |
— |
Multi Group 1 winner but has not seemed to be the force of old since returning from stud duties.
|
| 4 |
19 |
18-161 |
Ivanhowe |
4 |
9-5 |
Jean-Pierre Carvalho |
William Buick |
— |
Good German horse who beat Sea the Moon last time out. Lively outsider.
|
| 5 |
13 |
1111d3 |
Spiritjim |
4 |
9-5 |
P Bary |
Stephane Pasquier |
— |
Consistent Group winner who has something to prove at this top level.
|
| 6 |
2 |
3-1712 |
Gold Ship |
5 |
9-5 |
Naosuke Sugai |
Norihiro Yokoyama |
— |
Consistent top class Japanese raider. Beaten last time out by Harp Star who re-opposes. Good chance.
|
| 7 |
14 |
21-111 |
Just A Way |
5 |
9-5 |
Naosuke Sugai |
Yuichi Fukunaga |
— |
Top class Japanese horse whose only worry is the trip. Not sure to stay but if he gets the trip he must have a strong chance. Unbeaten this season.
|
| 8 |
3 |
11-234 |
Treve |
4 |
9-2 |
Mme C Head-Maarek |
Thierry Jarnet |
— |
Last year’s winner this wonder mare has not shown the same form this year. Trainer thinks she is back to best and difficult to write off but also hard to strongly fancy.
|
| 9 |
18 |
/F21-2 |
Chicquita |
4 |
9-2 |
A P O´Brien |
Joseph O'Brien |
— |
Irish Oaks winner but has a lot to prove today against this class.
|
| 10 |
16 |
-43127 |
Siljan´s Saga |
4 |
9-2 |
J-P Gauvin |
Pierre-Charles Boudot |
— |
Group 2 winner looks set to be an also ran today.
|
| 11 |
10 |
111-11 |
Ectot |
3 |
8-11 |
E Lellouche |
Gregory Benoist |
— |
Top class unbeaten horse who may go off favourite. Has the right profile and a good run is expected.
|
| 12 |
11 |
3315 |
Montviron |
3 |
8-11 |
E Lellouche |
Cyrille Stefan |
— |
No Chance, possible pacemaker?
|
| 13 |
9 |
1-1323 |
Prince Gibraltar |
3 |
8-11 |
J-C Rouget |
Jean-Bernard Eyquem |
— |
Good Group 2 winner but looks short of this class.
|
| 14 |
20 |
1-8241 |
Kingston Hill |
3 |
8-11 |
Roger Varian |
Andrea Atzeni |
— |
Top class horse and runner up in Derby. Showed all his style winning the last classic of the season, The St Leger. Looks good but history has been poor for St Leger winners in this race.
|
| 15 |
17 |
210421 |
Free Port Lux |
3 |
8-11 |
F Head |
Mickael Barzalona |
— |
Looks short of this class.
|
| 16 |
1 |
1-1111 |
Avenir Certain |
3 |
8-8 |
J-C Rouget |
Christophe-Patrice Lemaire |
— |
Two French classics under her belt. Looks to be too high a price and has every chance today.
|
| 17 |
5 |
21113 |
Dolniya |
3 |
8-8 |
A De Royer-Dupre |
Christophe Soumillon |
— |
Group 2 winner but surely will have to improve too much to win this?
|
| 18 |
15 |
1-1112 |
Taghrooda |
3 |
8-8 |
John Gosden |
Paul Hanagan |
— |
Absolute top class filly. Worthy at head of the market. Unbeaten until last run but was found to be in season post-race. Sure to be in the frame and looks the likely winner.
|
| 19 |
12 |
2-1121 |
Harp Star |
3 |
8-8 |
Hiroyoshi Matsuda |
Yuga Kawada |
— |
Top class Japanese raider will try to take the trophy to Japan for the first time. Looks to have a good chance here today and trip no problem.
|
| 20 |
8 |
-06219 |
Tapestry |
3 |
8-8 |
A P O´Brien |
Ryan Moore |
— |
150 grand to be supplemented for the race. Looks to have too much to do today.
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