Palmer aiming for another verdict over Ribchester with Gold

Guineas hero looks 'wonderful'

Galileo Gold (left) and Ribchester (far right) renew Sussex Stakes rivalry at Deauville on SundayCredit: Edward Whitaker

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The Classic generation has produced some spellbinding sport over a mile this season, with Qipco 2,000 Guineas winner Galileo Gold engaged in a series of highly anticipated match-ups in Ireland, at Ascot and, most recently, at Goodwood.

Hugo Palmer’s stable star has answered every call to date and arrives in Deauville having gone down bravely to French Guineas winner The Gurkha in the Qatar Sussex Stakes, suffering a reversal of the form from the St James’s Palace Stakes in the process.

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Scott BurtonFrance correspondent

Published on 13 August 2016inPreviews

Last updated 19:13, 13 August 2016

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