Kieren Fallon expects his old partner Yeats to bag an historic treble in Thursday's Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.
The seven-year-old will be bidding to equal Sagaro's hat-trick in the two-and-a-half-mile contest, with Fallon having ridden him for the first of those victories in 2006 when Aidan O'Brien's retained rider.
Mick Kinane was aboard last year and Johnny Murtagh is set to ride the Sadler's Wells horse this time around, leaving Fallon confident Yeats can secure his own place in the record books.
"He's been trained for the race and they've always had at the back of their mind that they would like to win three in a row," said Fallon. "This is a real top-class horse that stays. There's nothing else in the race of his calibre. He's the class horse.
"He won a Leger last year, he's got speed for a mile and a half, but he stays the trip well - he's got everything it takes."
Fallon is currently working for Sir Michael Stoute as he serves out the remainder of his 18-month ban for failing a drugs test.