Who Will Win The Coral Eclipse 2022? Pros and Cons For The Runners

The Coral Eclispe 2022 runners for this Saturday’s big Sandown Park race will be chasing a monster payout – with £448,363 going to the winner. And we are all set for a mouth-watering affair with the French Derby winner, Vadeni and the recent Irish 2000 Guineas hero, Native Trail, two of the leading names for Saturday’s lucrative contest.

Here at SportsLens, we take a look at the 2022 Coral Eclipse runners and assess their chances ahead of this weekend’s big Sandown Park Group One contest.

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Coral Eclipse 2022 Runners – Pros and Cons

VADENI @ 9/4 with BetUK
Trainer: J-C Rouget
Age: 3
Weight: 8-13
Form: 13-511

Pros: Likely favourite for the 2022 Coral Eclipse and connections must feel confident after stumping up £50,000 to supplement him this week. Easy winner of the French Derby this season too and stays further than this 1m2f trip, which will be an asset up the Sandown hill. Being a 3 year-old will also get a handy 10lbs from the older horses, plus a 3 year-old has won 4 of the last 7 renewals.

Cons: First run against the older horses, which is always a new test for the 3 year-olds in this race, while it will also be his debut race outside France. The last 29 Coral Eclipse winners have ALL been trained in the UK or Ireland.

NATIVE TRAIL @ 3/1 with BetUK
Trainer: Charlie Appleby
Age: 3
Weight: 8-13
Form: 11-121

Pros: Impressive winner of the Irish 2000 Guineas last time out at the Curragh over a mile and has now won 6 of his 7 starts. His only defeat (2nd) came in the English 2000 Guineas to stablemate – Coroebus – but the form of that race has been franked since with the winner landing the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot. Is also a past course winner at Sandown and owned by Godolphin, who has won this race 6 times.

Cons: Is racing beyond a mile for the first time in his career, so lasting the longer 1m2f trip is an unknown. Breeding suggests the trip will be hit or miss, while the horse would also like better ground so any rain in the build-up to the race would be a negative.

BAY BRIDGE @ 9/2 with BetUK
Trainer: Sir Michael Stoute
Age: 4
Weight: 9-9
Form: 111-12

Pros: Bolted up over this course and distance in the Brigadier Gerard Stakes back in May – winning by an impressive 5 lengths. Beaten favourite next time in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot…