Ivan enters Classic equation

Ante-post punters were posed another puzzle at Newmarket today as the Ballydoyle stranglehold around next year’s 2000 Guineas was tightened further by Ivan Denisovich, the impressive winner of the TNT July Stakes.

Aidan O’Brien now trains five of the first six horses in the betting for next year’s colts’ Classic – but the question is which one is the stable’s number one hope.