St Nicholas Abbey returns to these shores at the Curragh when he lines up in the High Chaparral EBF Mooresbridge Stakes.
Aidan O'Brien's five-year-old has enjoyed a lucrative globetrotting campaign, winning the Breeders' Cup Turf in America before finishing a close second in the Sheema Classic in Dubai.
The drop to 10 furlongs may be a concern for the penalised son of Montjeu, but he is far and away the class act in the field, though Sharestan pushed Famous Name close last time and could prove a thorn in his side.
Three-year-olds have held sway in the Canford Cliffs EBF Athasi Stakes in recent years and with only Gossamer Seed representing the older brigade, the Classic generation look set to strike again.
An Ghalanta and Bulbul both have claims if building on modest reappearance runs, but O'Brien could well have the edge thanks to recent battling Dundalk winner Ishvana.
Coolnagree was a solid second in Listed company last time and returns to the same grade, course and distance for the Dylan Thomas EBF Tetrarch Stakes.
She is one of only two runners to have shown their hand this season, and the returning Takar, an eight-length winner on his second start as a juvenile, could prove up to this task and better.
The meeting kicks off at 2.20 with the Alfred Nobel EBF Maiden, which sees Jim Bolger's Move To Strike bid to build on a solid debut third at Leopardstown.
Chips Are Down missed out by a nose in a three-runner affair at Tipperary and will be bidding for better, while Slope is related to a quartet of winners so will not be winning out of place first time up.
Olfa and Ahimsa bid to follow up recent successes in the Newbridge Credit Union Handicap, while the Keadeen Hotel Wedding Specialists Handicap looks an open heat, with Wrekin Rock and Authinger just two of the contenders.
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