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Dominica aiming to make a Stand again at Royal Meeting

Dominica, winner of last year's King's Stand Stakes, was among a field of 28 horses left in at today's confirmation stage for the Group Two sprint at Royal Ascot next Tuesday.

The four-year-old filly, trained by Marcus Tregoning, defeated Continent by a head and the subsequent Darley July Cup hero is among a team of three from the David Nicholls stable. The trainer also has Bahamian Pirate and Caption Rio in the £140,000 five-furlong dash.

Godolphin are set to rely on last summer's Queen Mary winner Romantic Liaison, while John Gosden has left in Malhub, who took the Golden Jubilee Stakes here last June and Oasis Dream, the Shadwell Stud Stakes Middle Park Stakes scorer last autumn.

Firebreak, formerly known as Volata when trained by Mark Tompkins at Newmarket, is set to be represent Hong Kong trainer Ivan Allan.

Filed by James McMahon

 
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