It looks significant that Gosden is willing to pass up the chance of going for the 10-furlongs handicap on this card with the 83-rated Big Bound (2.00), in favour of a crack at Group 3 rivals.
Solis was not surprised -- three weeks ago he needed an aggressive ride to boot the out-of-shape Pleasantly Perfect to a victory in the Goodwood Handicap on this same track.
Mickaël Barzalona, who won the Derby on Pour Moi three years ago at the age of 19, will ride only in handicaps on this year's Classic card at Epsom after losing out on the ride on Charlie Appleby's Pinzolo in the Derby to James Doyle.
In a race that is up there with the most competitive handicaps on the Flat racing calendar, Addeybb was a class apart.
Tony Paley: Of one thing there is no doubt - Notus De La Tour (4.40) is well handicapped on the one piece of form we have seen in Britain.
A third of Africa's countries are landlocked, a feature that silently imposes huge handicaps on their development.
"If I don't use what the system has right now, that will put a lot of handicaps on me," he told me.
The organizers therefore based the handicaps on master-point totals, giving a scratch rating to teams in which the players each owned at least 5,000.
There was a special section for the handicapped on the far side, a section for women.
"My dad taught me that I was not handicapped on the inside.
He was race-fit first time out last year and is well handicapped on that debut win.
