Light a leading Gold Cup contender - even if the bookies are giving nothing away

Aidan O’Brien is back on the Gold Cup trail at Ascot with Leading Light and it is going to be fascinating to see how this pans out next month.

The son of Montjeu is a horse we made a case for a number of times last season, but didn’t know when to stop and went a step too far by thinking he had a live chance in the ‘Arc at Longchamp.

As it turned out he simply wasn’t good enough, lacking the tactical speed to play a leading role, although not getting the best of rides from Gerald Mosse.