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Odds-on Caravaggio bids to break Coventry hoodoo

Caravaggio: impressed in the Coventry when beating subsequent July Stakes and Richmond Stakes winner Mehmas
Caravaggio: impressed in the Coventry when beating subsequent July Stakes and Richmond Stakes winner MehmasCredit: Mark Cranham

3.35 Curragh
Keeneland Phoenix Stakes (Group 1) | 6f, 2yo | ATR

Star Ballydoyle juvenile Caravaggio will today bid to enhance his Qipco 2,000 Guineas claims on his first outing since blitzing his opposition in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot.

No winner of the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes has started at odds-on since George Washington, who was sent off the 8-13 favourite, trounced his rivals by eight lengths in 2005 and no outright market leader has been successful since Alfred Nobel scored in 2009.

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