O’Brien dazzled by fantastic Light
The four-year-old, who won the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster last year, stepped up to take the Ascot Gold Cup in June but showed he still had the pace to win over shorter distances when claiming a trial for this race over the mile-and-three-quarters trip last month.
In 10 career races he has only lost twice – on his debut and in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe last October – and will be a red-hot favourite to give Aidan O’Brien his first win in the race since Septimus in 2008.
