Delegator and Witness star in July entries

Delegator and Star Witness are the headline names among the 19 possibles for the Darley July Cup at the five-day stage.

Godolphin's Delegator looked good when winning the Duke Of York earlier in the season but missed Ascot on account of the soft ground.

Australian raider Star Witness, on the other hand, was second in the King's Stand and third in the Golden Jubilee at the big meeting.

Fellow overseas challengers include Amico Fritz and War Artist.

Aidan O'Brien has left in Zoffany, although he is thought to be more likely to wait for the Prix Maurice de Gheest, leaving Oracle as the other Ballydoyle representative.

Roger Charlton has confirmed both Bated Breath and Genki while David Simcock has left in Dream Ahead.

Regal Parade, Elzaam, Monsieur Chevalier and Winker Watson are also among the confirmations.

War Artist has had a few different trainers in recent years, and currently resides in Germany in the care of Markus Klug, for whom he ran a creditable fifth in the King's Stand at Royal Ascot.

Klug said: ‘War Artist will run in Newmarket, that is the plan.

‘He was fifth at Royal Ascot and that was a good run.

‘He had a long break after Dubai in March - that's a long time to the King's Stand Stakes - so he did well.

‘We hope that he can win the July Cup but he is eight years old.

‘We are hoping for fast ground - we don't want any soft ground - so no rain between now and Saturday would be perfect.

‘We are hopeful that he will run very well.’

Mick Channon is looking forward to saddling Winker Watson, who was sixth in the Chipchase Stakes at Newcastle last month.

That was his first start for Channon and his first competitive appearance in almost exactly two years, having returned to training from a short career at stud.

‘I was thrilled with Winker Watson at Newcastle, we were all absolutely chuffed with the horse,’ said Channon.

‘He ran a cracker and the jockey (Hugh Bowman) said he only took a blow in the last half a furlong, otherwise he would have been thereabouts.

‘He seems to have come out of that race nicely. He's very fresh and well so I'm hoping he will be spot-on for Saturday.

‘He may have been off to stud but I haven't trained him any differently, I only know one way to train them.

‘Peter Chapple-Hyam had him before and they all seemed to love him there.

‘He's such a smashing horse to deal with - a great temperament and just a great horse to have around.

‘He has got to step up again but he'll strip fitter, that's for sure.

‘He would certainly have been a Group One horse as a two-year-old, so why not now?’