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Camelot is the obvious starting point in Saturday's Group 1 and he is head and shoulders above his contemporaries in what could prove a high-quality renewal of the Irish Derby. Camelot burst onto the scene last October with a runaway victory in the RP Trophy and the son of Montjeu hasn't looked back since, taking both the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby in 2012. The manner of his Epsom success last time suggested Camelot is a real top-class performer with even further untapped potential, as he brushed aside the likes of Main Sequence and Astrology with relative ease. Camelot travelled through the race powerfully and found plenty for pressure, overhauling Astrology inside the closing stages and staying on all the way to the line. He could take this race in before a final assault on the British...