Dreams of a first top-level success are inspiring Calandagan’s raid on the Betfred Coronation Cup at Epsom.

No stranger to British soil, Francis-Henri Graffard’s four-year-old won the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot last term, but then had to settle for second when returning for top-table action against City Of Troy in the Juddmonte International and then in the season-ending Champion Stakes.