Overview
- Ombudsman, Delacroix and Calandagan are confirmed for Saturday’s 1m2f Champion Stakes, with the season series between Ombudsman and Delacroix tied 1–1 after the Eclipse and Juddmonte.
- The Gosdens have supplemented Devil’s Advocate for £75,000 to act as a pacemaker for Ombudsman, repeating the successful York tactics.
- William Haggas confirmed long-absent Economics will return in the Champion Stakes after a clean scope cleared him to run.
- Seven supplementary entries were accepted across the five Group 1s, including Andre Fabre’s Prix Dollar winner First Look for the Champion Stakes and Aidan O’Brien’s Stay True for the Long Distance Cup.
- The newly upgraded Group 1 Long Distance Cup attracted just six runners, while the QEII features the returning Field Of Gold and Facteur Cheval reverting to a mile under Mickael Barzalona.