Proved himself to be a top class 3yo winning the Queens Vase at this meeting last season before an excellent 3rd in the St Leger followed by a close 3rd behind Order St George at Ascot at the end of the season on pretty soft ground. This chap relishes a quicker surface, has without doubt improved a good deal for the winter on his back and showed that when hacking up in the Yorkshire Cup on his return to action. Rarely does a stayer win as easily as he did last time and he’s strongly fancied to land this.