Leading 2000 Guineas contender Chaldean will tune up for his tilt at the opening classic of the British flat season in the Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes next month.

Andrew Balding’s son of Frankel is the general third-favourite behind the Aidan O’Brien-trained pair of Auguste Rodin and Little Big Bear for the Newmarket showpiece (May 6th) on the back of an impeccable juvenile season.