John Gosden expects the demands of the Curragh to bring out the best in Jack Hobbs in the 150th Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby today.

Trainer Aidan O’Brien is bidding for a remarkable eighth consecutive victory in the Irish Derby, and 11th in all, having saddled the likes of Galileo (2001), High Chaparral (2002) and last year’s hero Camelot to win Ireland’s premier Classic at the Curragh.