Verdict

Aidan O'Brien has won two of the last five renewals and BALLYDOYLE arrives with a leading chance. The Group 2 winner was caught out by her lesser-fancied stablemate Minding when runner-up in the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh but the slow ground on that occasion seems a legitimate excuse. She gets the vote to make amends in this having already beaten Turret Rocks with the latter subsequently advertising the form with victory in the Group 2 May Hill at Doncaster. The unbeaten Antonoe looks to lead the home challenge having beaten Qemah before landing a Group 3 at Chantilly ahead of Ella Diva and Aktoria, though Left Hand made a winning start in a maiden over track and trip and could be anything. Katie's Diamond suffered her first defeat in an outing at Deauville last time and Karl Burke's filly looks up against it on that form.

Formwatch

Antonoe (USA) (8-9) won at Chantilly 1m Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Sep beating Pleasemetoo (8-9) by 2 1/2l, 7 ran.

Qemah (IRE) (8-7) won at Longchamp 1m stks sft in Sep beating Doha Dream (8-10) by 3l, 5 ran.

Turret Rocks (IRE) 7-2fav (9-0) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, led last 100 yards, kept on, won at Doncaster 1m Grp 2 fll stks (1) gd in Sep beating Marenko (9-0) by 3/4l, 8 ran.

Ella Diva (FR) (8-9) 5th of 7, 5 3/4l behind Antonoe (8-9) at Chantilly 1m Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Sep.

Ballydoyle (IRE) 5-4fav (9-0) Led, pushed along 2f out, strongly pressed final furlong, headed and kept on without matching winner inside final 100yds, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Minding (9-0) at Curragh 7f Grp 1 fll stks (1) gd in Sep.

Aktoria (FR) (8-9) 4th of 7, 3 1/4l behind Antonoe (8-9) at Chantilly 1m Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Sep.

Katie's Diamond (FR) 3-1 (8-11) 3rd of 5, 1 1/2l behind Great Page (8-11) at Deauville 7f Grp 3 (1) gd in Aug.

Left Hand (8-13) won at Longchamp 1m fll stks sft in Sep beating High Quality (8-13) by 1l, 7 ran.