Washington DC begins his Classic season in the Text Your Bets To Paddy Power On 51465 Stakes at Dundalk on Friday night.
The son of Zoffany was a high-class juvenile in 2015, winning at Royal Ascot and signing off his first campaign with a second to stable companion and 2000 Guineas favourite Air Force Blue in the Phoenix Stakes.
He was runner-up at this venue on his debut so has experience of the Polytrack but faces no penalty kick in this Listed heat, with Most Beautiful among the opposition.
David Wachman's filly registered a Group Three success last year before beating all bar Group One winners Ballydoyle and Minding in the Debutante Stakes, with May Hill scorer Turret Rocks behind her.
Northern Surprise's winning spree may have come to an end last time but he still commands plenty of respect in the Paddy Power One Account Multiple Ways To Bet Handicap.
The Tim Doyle-trained five-year-old pipped the reopposing Poetic Choice in the last two legs of a hat-trick before running with credit for third behind Hat Alnasar.
He does have to take on a couple of last-start winners in Strait Of Zanzibar and Great Wide Open, as well as admirable veteran Jamesie, who returns from a stint in Dubai.
Long Island Sound is from the family of Zenyatta so it is perhaps not a massive surprise that he made $800,000 as a foal, but the Ballydoyle newcomer will need to be useful to get to grips with Dermot Weld's 80-rated Whiskey Zulu in the Download Paddy Power's Super-Fast PP Messenger App Maiden.
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