 Eddery later acknowledged that El Gran Senor should have won the race but that when the pacemakers dropped away early in the straight he found himself in the lead much earlier than intended.Secreto had finished third in the Irish 2,000 Guineas (Gr1) to Sadler's Wells over a mile at The Curragh in his previous race.Both colts, trained by father and son (Vincent and David O'Brien), were sired by the same stallion, were bred at the same stud farm and, it has been reported, had shared a paddock as yearlings.