11 Facts About Expert Eye

Expert Eye is a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse.

Expert Eye was one of the most promising two-year-olds of his generation in 2017 when he won the Vintage Stakes but disappointed on his final start in the Dewhurst Stakes.

Expert Eye is a bay colt with a small white star and three white coronet marks bred in England by his owner Khalid Abullah's Juddmonte Farms.

Expert Eye was sent into training with Michael Stoute at his Freemason Lodge stable in Newmarket, Suffolk.

Expert Eye was sired by Acclamation, a high-class sprinter who won the Diadem Stakes in 2003 and whose other progeny have included Dark Angel Marsha and Equiano.

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Expert Eye's dam Exemplify showed modest racing ability, winning one minor race from four starts in France, but was a half-sister to Special Duty and a female-line descendant of Chris Evert was closely related to Chief's Crown and Winning Colors.

Expert Eye settled nicely, but approaching three out we'd gone slow and he took off, I ended up getting there way too soon.

Expert Eye was made the ante-post favourite for the 2018 2000 Guineas but missed a scheduled appearance in the National Stakes after he was found to have contracted a minor respiratory infection.

Expert Eye tracked the leaders before going to the front in the straight but was overtaken in the closing stages and beaten one and a half lengths into second by the seven-year-old Lightning Spear.

Expert Eye goes in better than ever now and he's very relaxed when he's in there.

Expert Eye looked unlikely to take a hand in the finish but began to rapid progress in the final furlong, took the lead in the final strides and won by half a length and a neck from Catapult and Analyze It.