Curragh

Three of today's trainers have dominated this race in the last seven years. Charlie Appleby three winners include Native Trail, whose footsteps Saba Desert follows here with major claims, while Joseph O'Brien runs North Coast, who looks to have a bit to find but so did the yard's previous three winners. Surprisingly, Aiden O'Brien's sole win in that period came with Henry Longfellow but perhaps GSTAAD can go some way to rectify the imbalance here, the manner in which he finished out the Prix Morny suggests he could get this longer trip. Zavateri, already a dual Group 2 winner, also has to be respected. [Alan Hewison]