Ire-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish Huxley Stakes (Group 2)

Made it 3-5 in his 2023 2yo campaign when winning the Group 2 Beresford Stakes at the Curragh (1m); has raced just once since, when well beaten in Leopardstown Group 3 in April 2024; returns with Irish yard in good form and he's a contender if retaining his old promise, but that's the big question.

Has a very healthy 6-11 strike-rate, including three 1m2f handicap wins last year (soft/good to soft) and a Listed triumph at Newmarket (1m2f, soft) in November when last seen; in the mix on his best form but his peak efforts have come on slow ground and he's unlikely to have such a surface today.

Group 3 and Listed winner for Aidan O'Brien earlier in his career; runner-up in two Group races at Meydan in the winter but that form still leaves him with something to find in today's company.

9yo who was better than ever last year, winning a Group 3 at Longchamp (1m2f, soft) in September; reappeared with creditable third of five in hot Group 2 there (1m2f, good) last month; has run well in defeat on both previous visits here (including this race in 2022) and firmly in calculations.

Defied top weight in the Cambridgeshire (1m1f, soft) last September and Group 3 runner-up over same C&D (good to soft) in October; also effective on good ground and went close over 1m2f last year; below par on reappearance in March but may have needed the run; key player if back on song.