Friday's G1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot will witness a clash of the Guineas heroines as G1 Irish 1000 Guineas victrix Precise (Starspangledbanner) and G1 1000 Guineas winner True Love (No Nay Never) meet for a third time. Ryan Moore will partner the Precise, while Wayne Lordan will be aboard True Love. Nine-strong opposition to the Aidan O'Brien stablemates includes the Donnacha O'Brien-trained GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Balantina (Ten Sovereigns).
Earlier on the card, 22 speedsters will go forward for the G1 Commonwealth Cup with Ballydoyle supplying three to take on G1 Prix Morny heroine Venetian Sun (Starman), who annexed the G3 Albany on the same card last year, in the six-furlong dash. Ballydoyle's trio are the TDN Rising Stars Albert Einstein (Wootton Bassett), Brussels (Wootton Bassett) and Charles Darwin (No Nay Never). Stateside representation is provided by the Wesley Ward-trained TDN Rising Star Outfielder (Speightstown).
Aidan O'Brien will seek a fourth G3 Albany Stakes with TDN Rising Star Sun Goddess (Sioux Nation), whose 24 rivals include Wathnan Racing's Karl Burke trainee Light Of Dawn (Showcasing).
Friday's black-type action concludes with the G2 King Edward VII Stakes, which has a attracted a half-dozen headed by the John and Thady Gosden-trained Water To Wine (Kingman) and Amo Racing's G1 Derby eighth Ancient Egypt (Frankel).
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