Hawk Wing has Champion look about him

HAWK WING can pounce on his rivals in the closing stages of this afternoon’s Ireland The Food Island Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

This has the makings of a classic head-to-head between Ballydoyle and Godolphin and anything but a victory for one of the the big two, Hawk Wing or Grandera, will be a major surprise.

The two biggest outfits in European racing went toe-to-toe in this contest last year, with Goldolphin’s Fantastic Light beating Ballydoyle’s Galileo after a titanic tussle in the straight.