Despite the loss of Newbury's fixture, the weekend still has a lot to tell about who next year's Classic prospects might be with the emphasis on the two-year-olds in Britain on Saturday and France on Sunday.Since 2001, 11 winners of the G1 William Hill Futurity Trophy have gone on to glory in a European Guineas, Derby or St Leger and Saturday's renewal of the Doncaster feature has a blend of everything. From the precocity of Godolphin's Superlative and Summer Stakes winner Al Hudaiba (Dark Angel) to the greater stamina leaning of Ballydoyle's leading contender Noble Exhibit (Frankel), there is a tantalising spectrum of proficiency to appreciate and study with the 2027 monuments in mind.Easy going underfoot means that all with have to adapt, with the seemingly endless dry spell finally relenting to provide the real autumn ground that normally accompanies this race and it could see one or two step up on what they have shown so far. Noble Exhibit won the Beresford on yielding and his half-sister History by Frankel's sire Galileo stayed a mile and a half well, so these conditions should prove more help than hindrance.Trainers' Race On The LineAidan O'Brien is marginally in front of Andrew Balding in an exciting trainers' championship race, so the presence of Kingsclere's Gran Dia (Lope De Vega) for Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy adds intrigue to this edition. Bred for this type of surface, the son of the soft-ground lover Epona Plays (Australia) was impressive on debut at Salisbury and could easily add another twist to a tale that has illuminated the 2026 Flat campaign.Winner of The Curragh's Futurity, Giant Sequoia (Frankel) is bred to need this extra stamina test and more and certainly shaped like a stayer over seven furlongs in August but he made little impact in the Vincent O'Brien National Stakes and is deserted by Ryan Moore. Breacher is a son of Cracksman, so the soft-ground box is ticked there, and he has abundant stamina on his dam's side while Burning Up (Too Darn Hot) went through the soft without any issue at Haydock last month.Burning Up's jockey Clifford Lee said, “It's heavy ground out there and it should suit him very well. “He's a horse that travels really well and he probably wants to have something to aim at the last furlong. He doesn't want to hit the front too soon, but he's come out of his races really well, he's been working really well and we're looking forward to a good run.”William Muir said of Breacher, “When the ground goes heavy, I don't think anyone knows how they'll handle it until they've run on it. Cracksman being his sire gives you a bit of hope with the ground and the form of the Champagne Stakes is good, so we'll see what happens.”Charlie Appleby said of Al Hudaiba, “Al Hudaiba is the only top-level winner in the field and we are keen to see how he goes on soft ground. He is by Dark Angel and, from his work at home, we feel that he will appreciate slower conditions. We had toyed with sending him to the Breeders' Cup, but felt this was probably the right way to go. It looks a decent renewal of the race and hopefully he can be very competitive.”Quick Turnaround For 'Brown'Sunday's action at Saint-Cloud sees six Group races and three at the highest level, with the Criterium International and Criterium de Saint-Cloud for the juveniles alongside the feature Prix Royal-Oak. In the former, Ballydoyle's Capability Brown (Dubawi) is back eight days after his Killavullan success with a quick turnaround from that Leopardstown meeting common for the stable's runners in these heats. Godolphin's Royal Lodge fourth First Law (Too Darn Hot) and the Prix des Chenes winner Zakkan (Siyouni) from The Aga Khan Studs look likely to appreciate softer ground, as is the impressive Arqana Series Criterium d'Automne winner Master Man (Goken).The 10-furlong Criterium de Saint-Cloud sees Aidan O'Brien saddle another hot Derby prospect in the impressive Zetland Stakes winner Drumbeat (Wootton Bassett), who was previously third to Noble Exhibit in the Beresford. The last three winners of this represented Coolmore and went on to place in either the following year's Derby or Irish Derby and the way this colt went through his 10-furlong test at Newmarket suggests he could easily follow suit.Heading the opposition is Fair Salinia's homebred Prix de Conde winner Just Yet (Holy Roman Emperor) from the Pierre-Etienne Dubois stable, not only the sold French runner but also the race's true outlier not representing either Aidan or Joseph O'Brien or Charlie Appleby. Joseph saddles Chris So Chun Hung's Golden Fleece runner-up Jesus Green (Ghaiyyath), impressive at Navan in the interim and another representing the form of Darkness Falls.Of the older horses engaged on Sunday, the Wertheimers' stalwart Double Major (Daiwa Major) bids for a third Prix Royal-Oak after wins in 2023 and 2024 but he has it tough coming off a middling campaign taking on last year's Prix Royallieu winner Consent (Lope De Vega) and Ballydoyle's Queenstown (Galileo) and Amelia Earhart (Camelot).British Raiders Could Shake Up San SiroAt San Siro, Britain's beloved Constitution Hill (Blue Bresil) encounters 11 rivals in a competitive renewal of the G2 Gran Premio del Jockey Club with chief rival Dubai Honour (Pride Of Dubai) possibly past his best.The post In The Name Of Futurity appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.