If Jango isn’t feeling the effects of his Gold Cup run then he needs to be winning this and pretty handily too.
I backed IET at Cheltenham and to say he was a no show from the very first fence would be an understatement, as he wasn’t even remotely interested in being there and I couldn’t take a chance on him again after that plus I am not certain about the trip for him either (looks a proper 2m4f/2m5f horse to me).
You would imagine that Pic d’Orhy is the clear pace angle but as I have always said about him, he falls short of true G1 level when the top G1 horse show up and his jam is usually bossing weaker rivals at his beloved Ascot plus I am not sure 3m 1f is going to suit him especially if Cobden can’t set his own sedate fractions (Protektorat could spoil their plans if Skelton can’t anchoring him early).
Spillane’s Tower’s form in beating L’Homme Presse ¾L is clearly not good enough so Protektorat (who missed Cheltenham for this so will be fresher) could be the one at a bigger price especially given that they have been putting 8-10mm of water on the course for the last few days to get soft in the going description, which is what he needs.