Kalanisi worth a stake

Montjeu is a favourite to oppose in the Dubai Champion Stakes at Newmarket today as he has shown his best form over a mile and…

Montjeu is a favourite to oppose in the Dubai Champion Stakes at Newmarket today as he has shown his best form over a mile and a half and did not impress with his response under pressure when fourth in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe last time.

By contrast Kalanisi has finished a brave second to Giant's Causeway over this 10-furlong trip in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown and the Juddmonte International at York.

Mick Channon looks set for the biggest win of his training career in the £200,000 Darley Dewhurst Stakes with Tobougg.

The horse won the Group One Prix de la Salamandre at Longchamp, putting up a high-class performance to beat Honours List by two lengths.

Soft ground will make the two-and-a-quarter-mile Tote Cesarewitch an even more gruelling test of stamina than usual, and it looks safer to side with a lightly-weighted mudlark. Wave Of Optimism fits the bill.

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