Henry Cecil has had a rather quiet time of it this year, but Burning Sun has a great chance of putting him back on the Group One score sheet in the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes at Newmarket today.

There is not a lot of sentiment in racing, but among unbiased observers, success for the popular Warren Place maestro would raise the roof at his local track.

This 2002 renewal of the ten-furlong affair is not the hottest test there has been for the near £250,000 prize, and Burning Sun has all the credentials to take the honours.

The trip is ideal, the ground has come right for him, and while he can take a bit of a keen hold early on, there should be enough pace on here for Richard Quinn to be able to settle him in just behind the leaders.

Strictly on the book, the well-regarded Kaieteur will make a fight of it with Cecil's colt as there was only three quarters of a length between them in the Group Two Prix Eugene Adam at Maisons-Laffitte in July.

But it did appear as if Burning Sun had a little bit in hand and they do meet on the same terms, and while the Godolphin pair, Equerry and Moon Ballad, both interestingly blinkered for the first time, will also make their presence felt, this looks one for Cecil.

The hats could be off after the Group One Darley Dewhurst Stakes as the Queen's Desert Star is expected to improve enough from his victory in a maiden event over the course and distance a fortnight ago to cope with this admittedly much tougher event.

Desert Star is trained for Her Majesty by Sir Michael Stoute, and he certainly impressed last time. With three furlongs to race he burst clear and passed the post with five lengths to spare.

The interesting thing was that Kieren Fallon really asked him to stretch out to the line to ensure that the son of Green Desert learned as much as he could and though the opposition is tough he gets the vote.

Warningford is a seven-furlong specialist and he will take all the beating under Oscar Urbina, who is enjoying his best season, over that trip in the Group Two Victor Chandler Stakes.

He is the oldest horse in the line- up, but he has shown he is as well as ever this season. Fanshawe has not asked him to overdo things and he has had only three runs, winning two of them, at Leicester and Haydock.

That latest success was gained back on June 8, but he has shown he runs well when fresh, the Leicester victory having been chalked up on his seasonal reappearance in April. L'Ancresse really impressed on her racecourse debut at Newbury, and leading owner Michael Tabor was one of her biggest admirers - since buying her off breeder Dick Fowlston.

She will still be running for the Roger Charlton stable in the Group Two Owen Brown Rockfel Stakes, and while the purchase price is unknown she can recoup some of it in this fillies' only test.

Middleham trainer Mark Johnston is having yet another tremendous season and he looks set to add to his tally with Marinas Charm in the EBF Irish Day At Catterick Bridge Novice Stakes, and Cabeza De Vaca who runs in the Irish Rover Median Auction Maiden Stakes rather than the Emerald Isle Nursery at Catterick.

Paddywack is in good heart and he will take all the beating in the Parade Ring Guinness Bar Handicap, while Academy can make a successful return in the Pure Genius Classified Stakes.

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