Overview
- Aidan O'Brien confirmed both Constitution River and Hawk Mountain will run and Thursday's declarations finalised a seven‑horse Coral‑Eclipse field for Saturday's 3.35pm £1 million race at Sandown.
- Constitution River is the odds‑on favourite after winning the Dee Stakes and the Prix du Jockey Club, a sequence that underpins the trend of three‑year‑olds thriving in this race.
- Gethin is viewed as the principal danger after finishing a neck behind Ombudsman in the Brigadier Gerard, a form line strengthened when Ombudsman won at Ascot.
- Flushing Meadows and King's Gambit are expected to act as pacemakers, a tactical move designed to set a strong gallop for Ballydoyle and Wathnan main contenders.
- O'Brien is chasing a fourth straight Coral‑Eclipse and a record tenth overall, and Donnacha O'Brien's A Boy Named Susie carries hope of turning a luckless French Derby fourth into a Sandown upset.