Auguste Rodin tops six-strong Ballydoyle entry for Ascot’s midsummer feature
It could be the first time since 1994 that the first two at Epsom clash in the King George and on that occasion, the Derby runner up, Kings Theatre, emerged a winner with Erhaab out of the money.
The Ascot going was officially “good to soft” but soft in places on Monday with rain forecast from late Wednesday.[ Luxembourg’s best form includes an Irish Champion Stakes success at Leopardstown last September, although he must bounce back from defeat in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes last time, out behind Mostahdaf.
Beaten by Hukum on his comeback start at Sandown in May, Desert Crown was forced to miss Royal Ascot due to a setback. Horses with proven form on testing ground continued to be popular in ante-post betting, with Hukum threatening the younger pair for favouritism. Other top older horses in the King George reckoning are last year’s winner, Pyledriver, and Westover, who landed the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud on his last start.
Auguste Rodin’s stable companion Paddington proved too good for Emily Upjohn in Sandown Eclipse over a mile and a quarter earlier this month.
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