'None of us know how good she could be given she keeps winning'

You can't rule her out, as none of us know how good she could be given she keeps winning easily. I wouldn't be surprised if Laurina did win next month, but there are a few things which concern me, not least the fact she clearly prefers cut in the ground, and conditions are very dry at present.

Obviously, her presence would make the Champion one of the races of the festival. I'm on Apple's Jade, but don't rule out Sharjah.

Yes, he was well beaten in last year's Supreme, but he was bang out of form then and didn't run that badly on ground he hated. I think 12-1 underplays his chance.