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O'Brien pair to contest Royal Ascot

Saturday, 15 June 2002 09:48

Aidan O'Brien has two horses entered among the 18-horse line-up for Wednesday's Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot. Shoal Creek and Back will be represent Ballydoyle in the 10-furling contest. The field is headed by Marcus Tregoning's Nayef, who was a disappointing third in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh on his European reappearance last time out.

His possible rivals include five Godolphin representatives, Best Of The Bests, Equerry, Noverre, Sydenham and Grandera, winner of the Singapore Airlines International Cup on his last outing.

Filed by Sinéad Kissane
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