Damysus is 5/2 favourite for Saturday's Boyle Sports Lockinge Stakes after 13 horses were left in at the six-day stage.
John and Thady Gosden's charge was an impressive winner of the Earl of Sefton Stakes on his reappearance and will be racing over a mile for the first time at the weekend.
Next in the market is Zeus Olympios who lost his unbeaten record when third behind Opera Ballo in the Bet365 Mile at Sandown his return. The latter is one of two entries for Charlie Appleby alongside Breeders' Cup Mile hero Notable Speech.
Aidan O'Brien's The Lion In Winter made a winning reappearance at Leopardstown in April and is one of three entries for the trainer.
“We’ve supplemented a horse, Mississippi River, to make the running for him and Expanded is in there too. We haven’t seen the best of The Lion In Winter yet. If we get the right set up we might see it," he said on Monday.
“We’ll go to the Lockinge and see what happens. I think he’s come forward from Leopardstown – he needs to, but I think he has. We messed around with his trip so much before we got him back to a mile, that did the damage for the year.
“This year, we are mile all the way. It will be interesting to see.”
Lockinge - Sky Bet & Paddy Power prices: 5/2 Damysus, 3 Zeus Olympios, 7/2 Notable Speech, 6 The Lion In Winter, 10 Opera Ballo, 14 More Thunder, Sahlan, 16 Jonquil, 20 Expanded, 33 Mississippi River, 40 Cicero’s Gift, 50 Dancing Gemini, Gladius
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