BEFORE the Juddmonte International Channel 4’s Nick Luck proclaimed the race as the best race in the world, not based on the current renewal of the race, but on world ratings of its previous winners.

Although the Derby form has been upheld by Golden Horn, Jack Hobbs and Storm The Stars, are there grounds for putting the Nassau Stakes forward as one of the best of this year, and Legatissimo a candidate for top three-year-old?