Will there be a changing of the guard in today's Gold Cup?

IT’S unusual to have the three winners of the last four Gold Cups reassemble in the hope of keeping the title amongst themselves for a fifth successive year but the question is: how much do we really want one of them to regain or, in Imperial Commander’s instance, to retain the crown?

I don’t mind saying that I don’t want Kauto Star to win today. Or Imperial Commander. Or, perhaps a little more hesitantly, Denman. I don’t need them to. I understand and appreciate what they’ve achieved in their illustrious careers but I yearn for a new star.

Who could it be?