Last year’s St Leger hero Capri has his first start since winning at Naas in April. The Ballydoyle colt has every chance if at his best having beaten WALDGEIST in the Irish Derby last summer but the latter is on a roll and landed a hat-trick with a victory in the Group 1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in July. Andre Fabre’s colt may prove too sharp for Capri on this occasion and is also preferred to stable companions Cloth Of Stars and Talismanic, who filled the places in last year’s renewal of this. Clincher is a Grade 2 winner in Japan but could be found wanting in this company.
Capri (IRE) 7-4fav (9-8) Made all, pressed and pushed along from 2f out, ridden inside final furlong and strongly pressed close home, just held on, won at Naas 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) Soft - Heavy in Apr beating Cannonball (9-3) by hd, 5 ran.
Way To Paris (9-3) 6th of 7, 11 1/4l behind Loxley (8-8) at Deauville 1m 4f Grp 2 gd in Aug.
Waldgeist (9-3) won at Saint-Cloud 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gd in Jul beating Coronet (8-13) by shd, 8 ran.
Cloth Of Stars (IRE) (9-3) 4th of 8, 2 1/4l behind Waldgeist (9-3) at Saint-Cloud 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gd in Jul.
Talismanic (8-11) won at Deauville 1m 2f Grp 3 stks gs in Aug beating Subway Dancer (9-1) by 2l, 7 ran.
Clincher (JPN) (8-9) won at Kyoto 1m 3f in Feb beating Al Ain (9-0) by 1l, 10 ran.
