World’s reputation on line

HENRY Cecil’s World Domination puts his huge reputation on the line in what promises to be an enlightening totesport Dante Stakes at York today.

A son of the stable’s 1997 Oaks heroine Reams Of Verse, World Domination never saw the racecourse as a juvenile, but that did not stop the Newmarket dogs barking loudly about his scintillating homework.

Plenty have failed to reproduce their morning glories when faced with the track, but when this much-vaunted colt finally did make it to the competitive stage at Newbury last month, he oozed class and won as he liked.