Overview

• Delacroix overcame traffic trouble to snatch victory from favourite Ombudsman in the closing strides of the 10-furlong Coral-Eclipse at Sandown.
• Ryan Moore secured his third straight and fifth career Eclipse success with a tactically versatile ride that adapted through multiple race plans.
• Aidan O’Brien hailed the colt’s pedigree as a vital Dubawi outcross for Coolmore’s Galileo-dominated broodmare band following the pivotal win.
• Bred by Dubawi out of Queen Anne Stakes heroine Tepin, the three-year-old added his first Group 1 title after rebounding from a ninth-place finish in the Epsom Derby.
• Connections intend to target shorter middle-distance contests as Delacroix demonstrated an electric turn of foot in his top-level breakthrough.