Walk In The Park will not have to face Motivator again in Ireland, but he will have to contend with the French Derby second Hurricane Run, as well as well the Epsom fourth and fifth, Fracas and Gypsy King.

Hammond is pleased with the way Walk In The Park has come out of his Epsom run, particularly given that he got a little worked up in the preliminaries.

He told At The Races: “He took the race at Epsom well. He lost surprisingly little weight considering the race and that he got a bit sweaty beforehand. I think he took it well.

“He is highly strung – always has been, always will be. He got a little bit upset coming out of the paddock where there’s not a lot of room.

“He was pretty good in the parade and then got fairly sweaty behind the stalls which is something I suspect he probably always will do, but it doesn’t seem to affect him in the race.”

Walk In The Park will be having his third trip away from France this season after running in the Lingfield Derby Trial in April.

But Hammond thinks those experiences may help the colt to settle at the weekend.

Andre Fabre’s French Derby runner-up Hurricane Run is a hot favourite at the weekend and Hammond believes he is a worthy market leader.

“Obviously Hurricane Run is a very good horse and the Prix du Jockey-Club wasn’t run to suit him at all,” he added.