Young Man has something to prove at this higher level and maiden winner Icatcher struggled in Listed company last time. Nat King is another with something to prove in this grade though this looks easier than his latest task in a Group 3 at Longchamp while Natural Path won both outings in 2019 and there should be more to come from him this year as he steps up in class along with ZIEGFELD. The latter beat a couple of subsequent winners when making a winning start over 7f here last summer and Andre Fabre’s Godolphin colt gets the vote on the strength of that form.
Young Man (FR) (9-3) 15th of 18, 12 3/4l behind Miss Extra (9-1) at ParisLongchamp 1m hcp hvy in May.
Icatcher (FR) (8-13) 8th of 12, 9 1/4l behind Usak (8-13) at Toulouse 1m lst stks sft in May.
Ziegfeld (8-11) won at Clairefontaine 7f mdn stks sft in Jul beating Repel Ghosts (9-2) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Nat King (9-2) 5th of 6, 7 1/4l behind Pao Alto (9-2) at ParisLongchamp 1m 1f Grp 3 gd in May.
Natural Path (IRE) (8-13) won at Maisons-Laffitte 7f stks sft in Oct beating Algiers (8-10) by nk, 6 ran.
Aurumaa (FR) (9-4) 12th of 14, 29 1/4l behind Broken Land (8-11) at Compiegne 1m 2f stks hvy in Mar.