I was expecting Gardefort to be a fair bit shorter than 11/2. I was cursing at him at Ascot last time as I thought he was going to unexpectedly bounce back to form at 33/1 (traded at 1.62 in the run) and chin my 8/1 punt on Bennys King, but thankfully Gardefort couldn't quite seal the deal and was beaten six lengths into second. However, that was clearly a very good run against a well-handicapped horse, and the assessor has left him alone for it. He is clearly thrown in on his mark of 124 if coming back to anywhere near his 2017 best - he was rated 145 after his Grand Annual second - and he also boasts a win and a second from two starts here.