4.35 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Group 1) 1m 4f

Action: Dropped away tamely under positive tactics in the Derby, almost shaping as though he mightn’t have relished the step up to a mile and a half. Previous second in the Dante on better ground was more encouraging. Cheekpieces tried at Epsom removed now and he faces a much sounder surface than then, although he was second in a heavy-ground Futurity Trophy at Doncaster last year.