Camelot heads a field of 18 for the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday as trainer Aidan O'Brien seeks a sixth win in the first Classic of the season.......
The trainer's 18-year-old son Joseph will ride the Racing Post Trophy winner, who is the ante-post favourite.
Stablemate Power, runner-up to Parish Hall in October's Dewhurst Stakes, is the mount of Ryan Moore.
Other leading hopes include Top Offer and Trumpet Major, but Dewhurst winner Parish Hall was not declared.
Parish Hall's trainer Jim Bolger had warned his colt would miss the race if the ground was too soft.
The Irish challenge does include Born To Sea, a half-brother to 2009 Guineas winner Sea The Stars, who went through his three-year-old campaign unbeaten before retiring as one of the all-time greats of Flat racing.
A strong contingent from France sees Abtaal, French Fifteen and Hermival all making the cross-Channel journey.
British champion trainer Richard Hannon is seeking his fourth 2,000 Guineas winner, but his first since Tirol in 1990, and saddles four hopefuls - Craven Stakes winner Trumpet Major, Bronterre, Coupe De Ville and Redact.
Roger Charlton runs Top Offer, who has not been seen since winning a Newbury maiden last August.
Jeremy Noseda's supplementary entry Talwar is the mount of Frankie Dettori
Greenham Stakes winner Caspar Netscher is an interesting outsider for Alan McCabe, while Boomerang Bob, Fencing, Ptolemaic, Red Duke and Saigon complete the field.
Last year's race saw a scintillating victory for Frankel, who will gallop before racing on Saturday as he continues his preparation for a planned seasonal return in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on 19 May.
The highest-rated racehorse in the world, trained by Sir Henry Cecil, will be making his first racecourse appearance since an injury scare last month.
OSM news service
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