Still a recognised trial for the 2000 Guineas, although without a winner to go on to glory in that Classic since 1991, this race's protagonists are weighted according to their positions in the 2016 Thoroughbred Rankings. Topping the list and therefore setting the standard is Whitecliffsofdover, who was second when Sir Dancealot was third in the G3 Tattersalls S. over this course and distance in September and third in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at Longchamp on Arc day. 'TDN Rising Star' Seven Heavens remains of interest despite his flop in the G1 Dewhurst S. also over this track and trip in October, but he will have to prove more amenable to restraint than he was when last of seven there.
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