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Can Sir Michael Stoute rage against the dying of the light as he renews titanic rivalry with Aidan O'Brien?

Make sure to revel in yet another top-level clash between two titans of their profession this afternoon — there may not be many more left to come.

Nobody has stood up more to Aidan O'Brien in the last quarter of a century than Sir Michael Stoute, who has never been afraid to take on the man from Ballydoyle and has beaten him more often than most.

Three times their horses have gone head to head in the closing stages of the Derby and the score is 2-1 to the Newmarket master. Kris Kin caught The Great Gatsby in the last 100 yards and, although Golan was no match for Galileo, Workforce brushed At First Sight aside.

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