Gleneagles© Photo Healy Racing
All the Ballydoyle big guns stood their ground in Saturday's Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.
Aidan O'Brien has left in ante-post favourite Gleneagles, Highland Reel, Ol' Man River and War Envoy at the confirmation stage.
Roger Varian and owner Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum have supplemented impressive Newbury winner Intilaaq at a cost of £30,000.
Third on his debut at Ascot last September, he showed the benefit of a winter on his back when bounding clear of some decent rivals to win by eight lengths on his return to action.
Varian could also run last season's Dewhurst winner, Belardo, but there would need to be a give in the ground for him to take his chance.
The Newmarket handler told his website, www.varianstable.com: "Intilaaq won at Newbury like a very good horse and he has trained beautifully since.
"He has natural speed to be comfortable at a mile but also has the stamina to stay further, which should stand him in good stead in a 2000 Guineas.
"He is a colt we have always held in high regard and we feel he deserves to take his chance in an open-looking race.
"Belardo has also been left in the 2000 Guineas. He didn't let himself down on the fast ground at Newbury but he has come out of that race perfectly fine.
"We have every reason to believe that he will continue to be a Group One horse but will need ease in the ground to be at his best.
"We would need the ground to ease for him to take his chance on Saturday."
As expected, Godolphin also paid to supplement the Andre Fabre-trained Territories, an impressive winner of a Group Three recently. Fabre could also run Make Believe.
Richard Hannon has left in Estidhkaar, Ivawood, Kool Kompany and Moheet, with the latter owned by Al Shaqab Racing, who are also represented by John Quinn's Coventry winner The Wow Signal.
Muharaar, Dutch Connection, Home Of The Brave, Nafaqa and Freddy Head's Ride Like The Wind are among 28 colts going forward for the Classic.
Qatar Racing are responsible for Racing Post Trophy winner Elm Park, while one notable absentee was Dermot Weld's Zawraq.
