Overview
- Final declarations confirm Ombudsman, Delacroix and Calandagan for Saturday’s Champion Stakes, renewing a 1-1 rivalry on a five-Group 1 card.
- Godolphin has supplemented Devil's Advocate for £75,000 to act as Ombudsman’s pacemaker, with Ballydoyle also deploying a pacemaker for Delacroix.
- Economics returns from a year off in the Champion Stakes but starts from the second-widest stall, with favourite Ombudsman drawn in nine on the round course.
- A 16-runner Queen Elizabeth II Stakes features the returning Field Of Gold after a post-Sussex lameness issue, with leading rivals Rosallion and Docklands drawn nearby.
- Trawlerman heads a five-runner Long Distance Cup, and multiple outlets report Delacroix is expected to be retired after his Ascot run.