Testing conditions are set to prevail once again on a star-studded QIPCO British Champions Day card at Ascot on Saturday when the superb stayer Stradivarius and tip-top miler Palace Pier will bid to prove that they are indeed champions of their division.
If they run to their best, then the John Gosden-trained, Frankie Dettori-ridden pair look hard to oppose, but they will start at very short prices thereby steering us in a different direction with OXTED fancied to confirm himself the leading speed horse of the season in the Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes.
Roger Teal's highly progressive gelding returns three months after putting up a scintillating performance to win the July Cup in which he showed too much pace for the smart but ill-fated Sceptical with the previous Commonwealth Cup winner Golden Horde in third.
Posted 1455 BST on 16/10/20
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