Saturday’s Liu Chie Poo Trophy at a mile hinges on which MOJITO turns up after his poor run off a four-month lay-up in April, coming out of last December’s Mouttet Mile.

After back-to-back demolition jobs of Americans in the Kenneth Mattis and Jamaica Cup, winning automatic entry to the Mouttet Mile in which he raced a creditable sixth down the backstretch and into the lane, MOJITO was not only run off his legs on return by SIR DON, but finished behind the likes of GODBYE FIREFLY and ZULU WARRIOR.

A similar performance in the Liu Chie Poo could result in an even worse finish for MOJITO, considering INTRESTNTIMESAHEAD has been flying at exercise and BLUE VINYL proved on his last run, a length behind IS THAT A FACT at nine furlongs, that he still packs class as the 2022 Guineas and St Leger winner.