Lack of prep run no barrier to success in season’s first Classic

Key trends

• Adjusted RPR of at least 124, ten winners in last ten runnings
• Won at least 50 per cent of starts, 9/10
• By a sire who had won a European Group 1 over at least 1m, 9/10
• Won first time out at two, 7/10
• Won Group race at two, 7/10
• Won over 7f or 1m, 7/10
• Making seasonal reappearance, 7/10
• Won previous outing, 6/10
• Trained outside Britain, 6/10 (five in Ireland, one in France)

Other factors

Only four winners that had scored in Group 1 company at two and three were trained in Ireland.