Luca Cumani believes Classic winners Camille Pissarro and Ruling Court need to prove themselves against a “very strong pool” of older horses, headed by hot favourite Ombudsman, in Saturday’s £1 million Coral-Eclipse.
Cumani was on both sides of the generational divide in the Eclipse during his illustrious career, sending out five-year-old Falbrav to best a top-class field in 2003, and seeing four-year-old Starcraft soundly beaten by three-year-olds Oratorio and Motivator two years later.
He believes Ombudsman and Sosie have shown there is a smart crop of older horses over middle distances in Europe this season, while he said he preferred to wait for “facts over opinion” before passing judgement on the Classic crop.
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Published on 30 June 2025inBritain
Last updated 18:11, 30 June 2025