2021 Coral-Eclipse at Sandown: the runners, the odds, the verdict

Saturday's Coral-Eclipse (3.35), which pits the best of the Classic generation against their peers at Sandown, has been won by some equine superstars over the years. Ghaiyyath, Enable and Roaring Lion are the last three winners, with Roaring Lion the last three-year-old to triumph in 2018.

3.35 Sandown Saturday: Coral-Eclipse racecard and betting

1 Addeybb

Four-time Group 1 winner; a seven-year-old has never won this race but he comes out top on ratings

Trainer: William Haggas
Jockey: Tom Marquand
Odds: 100-30

2 Mishriff

Progressive colt who has bagged huge prizes at Riyadh and Meydan this year; big player

Trainer: John and Thady Gosden
Jockey: David Egan
Odds: 9-4

3 El Drama

Showed further progress to win the Dee Stakes; form dipped sharply in the French Derby

Trainer: Roger Varian
Jockey: Andrea Atzeni
Odds: 25-1

4 St Mark's Basilica

Ballydoyle colt; completed the French Guineas and French Derby double; highly respected

Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
Jockey: Ryan Moore
Odds: 11-10

Verdict

It's a small turnout for this year's Eclipse but the quality is high. St Mark's Basilica gets the vote over Mishriff.

Read more on the 2021 Coral-Eclipse:

John Gosden: Mishriff has done it overseas – he's got to do it here now

Mishriff 'has got it all' says jockey David Egan after final spin before Eclipse (Members' Club)

Tom Marquand: top-class Eclipse will be a proper challenge for Addeybb

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