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2.40pm CORONATION CUP preview

Last year’s winner, last year’s Derby winner and the official top-rated horse on the planet: it’s quite the line-up for the Coronation Cup this year, albeit with the caveat that significant rain might see Calandagan, the World’s Best Racehorse in 2025, ruled out. He came up half-a-length short behind Jan Brueghel in this race 12 months ago, at a time when he seemed unable to go the extra yard and get a Group One win on the board, but he has subsequently been on an unbeaten five-race spree at the sport’s highest level, including wins in the King George & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Champion Stakes at Ascot and the Japan Cup in November. He looks the one beat today, even in a race where both Lambourn and Jan Breughel can boast Group One-winning form over track and trip.