Richard Hannon’s two-year-olds had been sweeping all before them in the major British meetings at Newmarket and Goodwood in the last month. Aidan O’Brien had an impeccable record in the Group One Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Currgah, so something had to give.
Hannon sent over Strong Suit, the market leader for next season’s 2000 Guineas, having won the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot. There he had beaten O’Brien’s Zoffany by eight-and-a-quarter lengths but Zoffany turned that form around as O’Brien won the Phoenix Stakes for the 11th time in 13 years.
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