It all comes down to this. Ombudsman and Delacroix are set for a key third-round decider in Saturday’s Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday, and hopes are high for a classic finish - though the pair will also have to deal with French star Calandagan and other top performers. Mark Boylan and Anne Marie Duff discuss the clash, as well as a host of talking points from the week in racing, including the Fillies’ Mile and Dewhurst Stakes fallout from Newmarket. There’s been some chat around Ireland’s first academy hurdle series race last weekend at Cork, and Anne Marie reports from Willie Mullins’ press morning to launch the National Hunt season in the last week.

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