Sylvester Kirk hopes that Opera Cape’s fine effort at Longchamp two weeks ago has not taken the edge off him for the Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket tomorrow.

Aidan O’Brien is responsible for eight of the 17 horses confirmed for Saturday’s Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket.

Opera Cape looked a colt with a big future as he lifted the feature event of the day, the Iveco Daily Solario Stakes.