The form of the 2000 Guineas will stand trial in the Group 1 St James’s Palace Stakes on the opening day of Royal Ascot, with Chaldean returning to the track for the first time since his Classic victory.

Aidan O’Brien saddled a record-breaking twelfth Irish 2000 Guineas winner as Paddington (3/1) continued his ascendancy with Classic success at the Curragh

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The Simon and Ed Crisford-trained Knight was the sole absentee at the declaration stage for Ireland’s first Classic of the season at the Curragh on Saturday.

The QIPCO 2000 Guineas third, Royal Scotsman, has been supplemented by connections for the first Irish Classic of the season which takes place at the Curragh on Saturday.