Noverre heads a field of 10 declared at the final 48-hour declaration stage for the Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on Saturday. Godolphin are also represented by Summoner as the Dubai-based organisation bid for a fourth win in the Group One showpiece. Last year's second and third, Warningford and Swallow Flight, represent James Fanshawe and Geoff Wragg respectively.
John Dunlop has declared Olden Times but the trainer warns that the four-year-old, the intended mount of Michael Kinane in the enforced absence of Pat Eddery, will not run if there is significant rain before the contest. Richard Hannon will be double-handed with Cape Town and Umistim.
Protectress makes her long-awaited seasonal reappearance in the on the Swettenham Stud Fillies' Trial Stakes on the same card as she bids to book her place in the Vodafone Oaks. Henry Cecil's filly missed an intended engagement in the Sagitta 1000 Guineas as she was slow to come to hand.
But her one run as a juvenile in the Listed Oh So Sharp Stakes resulted in the daughter of Hector Protector being made a leading fancy for the Epsom Classic on June 8. She faces six rivals in tomorrow's Listed contest including the Geoff Wragg-trained Monturani, who landed the Listed Swinley Stakes on her reappearance, and John Gosden's once-raced maiden winner, Ballet Score.
Filed by Laura Reynolds
