There have been several versions of the Tattersalls Gold Cup (G1) in recent years but the 2022 run looks to be an intense one with five group 1 winners and a luxurious Royal Ascot group 2 goalscorer. .
Any thoughts that this could be a simple homecoming for the Globetrotting star Rest state was ranked after group of three groups 1 winner Lord North was claimed for this €400,000 prize.
The international pairing has amassed a half-dozen top-level wins between them and sets a pretty high standard with an official rating of 120.
State Of Rest, Ireland’s most prized horse in training, perhaps has a physical edge over John and Thady Gosden’s riders after a daring Prix Ganay (G1) attack by John and Thady Gosden. him at ParisLongchamp three weeks ago.
We haven’t seen Lord North since he won in a row at the Dubai Turf eight weeks ago, but he deserves a lot of credit for that effort — died with Japan Panthalassa – thinking about John Gosden said the 6-year-old was just in time to get ready after suffering a nasty throat infection.
Neither of the top two will see much rain, although Lord North won on heavy ground at the level listed.
It will be a very different test than what State Of Rest faced when it won the Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes (G1T) and Ladbrokes Cox Plate (G1) last season, but there is every opportunity for him to develop. become a better 4-year-old than he was at 3.
Lord North may boast a higher standard of form having won the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1) and finished third in the Juddmonte International Stakes (G1), but he is two years older and the State Of Rest is more likely capacity for further improvement.
Some of the other top players’ claims may depend on how much rain falls over the weekend.
Hero of the Irish Tattersalls 2,000 Guineas (G1) last year Mac Swiney much better when the conditions are testing and the same is possible Helvic’s Dream who won this race last year.
Noel Meade had to spend time on Helvic Dream while waiting for comfort on the field and improvement to be expected from his fifth return in the Alleged Stakes last month. However, this looks to be a much deeper race than the one he won 12 months ago.
Broome was a short runner-up last year but Aidan O’Brien has warned he will move on from this re-emergence, with Royal Ascot his first big goal of the year.
Last season’s Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner and Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T) runner-up was not seen at the end of the field in the Japan Cup in November. He suffered a bizarre injury after the trip. went out when he was kicked by another horse and broke his shin.
Alenquer coached by William Haggas, has become fresher since being beaten by a length and a half in a match in the Longines Dubai Sheema Classic (G1T) in March, having previously beaten Lord North in the Winter Derby at Lingfield.
It’s been 11 months since the State Of Rest was last seen on a track in Ireland but during his time abroad he has developed into one of international motorsport’s toughest talents.
Rest in Peace at ParisLongchamp
A win here would be only the State Of Rest’s second career win at home. His only other domestic success was when he made his debut in a six-long-haired juvenile medium stallion at Fairyhouse in June 2020.
Coach Joseph O’Brien said: “The fingers crossed without too much rain.”
