First at CD

[Pedigree Ann]

Araafa beat George Washington in the Irish 2000 Guineas in soft going, then beat the French Guineas winner in a G1 at Royal Ascot. He and George were well clear of the best older milers in Europe at Ascot in the G1 QEII last out. With George going in the Classic, Araafa has the best CV of the Euros.

His minus - he lost his only two races on left handed courses (Newbury and York) as a 2yo and he might like a bit more cut in the ground.

I'm looking very closely at Echo of Light, a progressive 4yo who has won twice left-handed this term, and won the mile race on Arc weekend - Dettori up.