Wed, September 18, 2024

Form of a ROCK D'ORO (6) debut second at Chelmsford (7f) took a timely boost when the winner found success in the G2 Champagne Stakes at Doncaster over the weekend. Trainer Ralph Beckett has been producing juvenile winners of late and it will be disappointing if this son of Bolt D'oro cannot add to the tally here. Newcomers rate the biggest danger to the main selection including the well-bred Kingman colt COSMIC YEAR (1) who is just preferred to the John and Thady Gosden trained KEBLE SPIRIT (4). Strength in the betting behind QUAI DE BETHUNE (5) could prove telling.