Despite every Derby trial revealing not one but two or three possible Derby contenders from Ballydoyle, could there still a hope that Churchill might line up in the Derby? A Guineas winner will always add a huge amount to the build up to the Derby.

Gleneagles was not asked to race over 12 furlongs but his post Guineas career did little to add any to his stud credentials. Churchill is bred on the same lines, Galileo from a Storm Cat mare, but his style of racing gives him every chance of staying.