PRINCIPE (7) returns after more than a year away having won over 2000m and 2200m in his previous campaign. His Cologne success came at a higher level and Bauyrzhan Murzabayev is booked. PADRE PALOU (1) drops from Group 3 company after finishing fifth behind stronger opposition at Baden-Baden. A previous local 2200m third is useful but this trip is sharper. WILD CRUSADE (2) was third here tackling 2200m on soft ground and boasts several recent placings. His consistency earns respect. STURM (3) won attempting 2000m at Leipzig before placing third tackling 1900m at Mannheim. Those performances provide sound claims in this less demanding contest.
