GUN RUNNER went from strength to strength in 2017 after finding last year’s winner Arrogate too good in the Dubai World Cup. He’s won four consecutive Grade 1 races subsequently culminating in a defeat of both Collected and West Coast in the Breeder’s Cup Classic at Del Mar in November. Steve Asmussen’s charge is the one to beat in this though Sharp Azteca is a high-class miler having landed the Cigar Mile at Aqueduct last month. Stellar Wind is also a prolific Grade 1 winner but she faces a stiff task in this company while Jamie Osborne and Frankie Dettori team up with Toast Of New York, who finished runner-up in the Breeders’ Cup Classic back in 2014 but has had just the one outing since when winning his comeback race at Lingfield last month.
Singing Bullet (USA) Hard Spun colt out of Life At Ten.
West Coast (USA) Flatter colt out of Caressing.
Stellar Wind (USA) Curlin M out of Evening Star.
Sharp Azteca (USA) Freud H out of So Sharp.
Collected (USA) City Zip H out of Helena Bay.
Gunnevera (USA) Dialed In colt out of Unbridled Rage.
Fear The Cowboy (USA) Cowboy Cal H out of Whom Shall I Fear.
War Story (USA) Northern Afleet gelding out of Belle Watling.
Toast Of New York (USA) Thewayyouare H out of Claire Soleil.
Gun Runner (USA) Candy Ride H out of Quiet Giant.
Seeking The Soul (USA) Perfect Soul H out of Seeking The Title.
Giant Expectations (USA) Frost Giant H out of Sarahisittrue.
Giuseppe The Great (USA) Lookin At Lucky colt out of Shawnee Moon.
Game Over (USA) Mineshaft colt out of Kaweah Princess.