Field of Gold is an interesting horse. He made his reputation in races against his own age group, but if you look back now at the Irish 2000 Gns and the St James Palace, the horses he beat have done nothing to boost the form of those races.
As soon as FoG came up against older horses, he got beaten. Excuses were made for Goodwood and Ascot, but perhaps the reality is that he isn’t really a superstar, just the best of a moderate bunch of 3yo milers.
We’ll learn a lot more about him at Sandown, where the daft conditions allow a Classic winner to run with no penalty, while Zeus Olympios gets a 3lb penalty for winning a weak Group 2.