The Aidan O'Brien trained star is looking for more Grade One success this week.
12 rivals will challenge City of Troy as he bids for more Group One glory in the Juddmonte International at York on Wednesday.Stablemate Hans Andersen will also represent Ballydoyle maestro Aidan O’Brien, but plenty of other trainers are prepared to challenge the red-hot favourite.READ MORE: Aidan O’Brien targets Goodwood with another ‘special horse’ as City Of Troy made to wait
Francis-Henri Graffard’s impressive King Edward VII Stakes winner Calandagan leads the French challenge, with Jerome Reynier’s Zarakem also making the trip across the English Channel. Ralph Beckett’s charge has really come of age as a four-year-old, winning the Middleton Stakes at this venue by six lengths before opening her account at Group One level in the Pretty Polly and then chasing home Goliath in the King George.
“She was good over a mile and a quarter at the Curragh, so there are no concerns there, and she has good course and distance form before that.
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