‘Hukum has come on for his Goodwood victory’

Aidan O’Brien, trainer of Broome and Japan

Broome has form with a dig in the ground. We’re looking forward to stepping him up in trip and he seems to be in very good form. Japan also has a bit of form on soft ground, so hopefully he’ll be okay. We were happy with his run in the Coronation Cup and he seems to be in good form since.

Owen Burrows, trainer of Hukum

He’s in a good spot. We’ve always had this race in mind as his first major target of the season, and it was soft ground when he won at Goodwood and good to soft when he won the Geoffrey Freer. I can’t be too concerned about the ground. I hoped he’d be a bit more impressive at Goodwood – he made slightly hard work of it – but he’s definitely come forward for it. We’ve enjoyed a good spell with him at home since Goodwood, and the hope has always been that he’ll develop into a Group 1 horse some day.

William Haggas, trainer of Ilaraab and Pablo Escobarr

Ilaraab is in good form and is very progressive. He should enjoy the ground if it is testing. Pablo Escobarr is in great form, but I’m not so sure the really soft conditions will provide the ground that he’ll want.

John Gosden, joint-trainer of Logician

He was a bit ring-rusty on his comeback at Newbury and has pleased in his work since then. This looks the right race for him, but we could have done without the rain as very soft ground would be a concern.