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Field Of Gold was an impressive winner of the Irish 2,000 Guineas and St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot before a surprise defeat in the Sussex Stakes, after which he was found to be lame.
Hoping to go one better in the QEII will be Rosallion, trained by Richard Hannon, after three narrow top-level defeats this year, while Karl Burke’s filly Fallen Angel comes into the race off a Group One hat-trick.
Kalpana, runner-up to Calandagan in the King George, is among the favourites in the Fillies and Mares Stakes having finished seventh in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
Andrew Balding, second in the British trainers’ championship behind Delacroix’s trainer Aidan O’Brien, saddles Kalpana while his other hopes include Almeric and Fox Legacy in the Champion Stakes and Never So Brave and Marvelman in the QEII.
“Ascot is a fantastic way to end the season at the world’s greatest racecourse,” he told BBC Radio Berkshire.
“It’s certainly been an amazing year for us and hopefully we can add to it on Saturday.”
In the Champions Sprint, Wathnan Racing have leading claims with Queen Elizabeth II victor Lazzat, along with 2024 winner Kind Of Blue and Flora Of Bermuda.
