ITALY is the first of the major European countries to have held classics already in 2015 and the colt who won the Group 3 Premio Paroli (Italian 2000 Guineas) at Capannelle on Sunday is not just an Irish-bred son of an exciting Ballylinch Stud stallion, but he comes from the same family as a colt due to line-up in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs tonight.

Hero Look is trained by Stefano Botti, he was bred by Kilfrush Stud, and he made £62,000 at the Doncaster two-year-old breeze-up sale 12 months ago.