Bin Suroor expecting big run from Dewhurst second Thunder Snow

Criterium International (Group 1) | 7f | 2yo colts & fillies

Few who saw Johannes Vermeer defeat Stormy Antarctic in this race 12 months ago would have guessed the horse who finished in seventh would provide two of the defining performances of 2016.

That horse was British and Irish Champion Stakes winner Almanzor but in this, the second year the International has been run at a reduced trip of seven furlongs, future crack milers are more likely to be in evidence than middle-distance stars.