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Vincent
Published date08 September 2021
Publication titleWeekender
Ten of the previous 18 winners had run in a European Derby and Hurricane Lane brings impressive form credentials after finishing third at Epsom and first at the Curragh.

Merely taking part at Epsom bodes well. Eight of the 21 winners to come from that race since 1970 finished no better than seventh, while the 2017 winner Capri was only sixth.

The Curragh Classic has grown in stature as a guide.

Since 1995, Scorpion, Rule Of Law, Brian Boru, Mutafaweq, Silver Patriarch and Classic Cliche were all beaten in

Ireland. Capri became the first winner of that Classic to prevail here since Nijinsky in 1970, but that's no damning statistic for Hurricane Lane when so few winners have taken the plunge.

York form respected The Great Voltigeur form always commands respect. From Premonition in 1953 to Logician in 2019, 14 horses have done the double. This year's winner Yibir is not entered.

Not that the defeated can be dismissed with confidence.

Since 1980, 17 Leger winners ran at York and while six won, 11 were beaten. This offers hope to The Mediterranean, Youth

Spirit, Sir Lucan, Scope and High Definition. However, when only two of the last dozen Leger winners were outside the top three the time before, it might be asking a lot for those out of the frame to bounce back with a victory here.

It is a worry for Ottoman Emperor that winners of the Group 3 Gordon Stakes have struggled with this rise in grade.

Save A Forest is worth a mention as fillies do well...

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