PUROSANGUE was threatening Dark Trooper’s long-held position at the top of the market for today’s Coral Stewards’ Cup last night.

You can argue the case: a three-year-old, still learning his trade as a sprinter, second in the Coral Charge on Eclipse day at Sandown in early July, and second in the Molecombe Stakes last year, just a neck behind Big Evs, on his only run to date at Goodwood.