Delacroix ridden by Wayne Lordan on their way to win the Cashel Palace Hotel Derby Trial Stakes race at Leopardstown Racecourse. Photograph: Damien Eagers/PA
The Qipco Champion Stakes remains Delacroix’s target on Saturday’s British Champions Day at Ascot despite Aidan O’Brien’s star colt also being entered for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on the same card.
A potentially epic three-pronged clash between Delacroix, Ombudsman and Calandagan remains in the offing in the mile and a quarter highlight to the official conclusion of Britain’s 2025 flat campaign.
The trio are among a list of 15 left in the Champion Stakes after Mon
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