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After 333 days away from the fray, Rosallion is poised to return to centre stage in a race brimming with depth, narrative, and no shortage of star quality.
It’s Rosallion’s day in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal @Ascot! pic.twitter.com/ptrLHQX5AC
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) June 18, 2024
Last seen dazzling in the St James’s Palace Stakes after a Guineas double act—runner-up at Newmarket, triumphant in Ireland—Richard Hannon’s colt was denied his Sussex showdown and sidelined for the remainder of the campaign. Now, the questions are as much about sharpness as they are about class.
He’ll face a race-fit rival in Dancing Gemini, Roger Teal’s rapidly progressing son of Camelot, already a dual winner this term at Doncaster and Sandown. Back down to a mile and better for it, he’s the one with momentum on his side.
There’s intrigue too in the reappearance of Notable Speech, who emerged from the shadows to win the Guineas last spring, lowering Rosallion’s colours in the process. Charlie Appleby’s colt bypassed much of the back-end action, but his Newmarket form holds strong.
Tamfana couldn’t get past Dancing Gemini at Sandown but is likely to roll the dice again for David Menuisier, while Karl Burke’s Fallen Angel, the Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine, adds another layer of intrigue in a mixed-gender mile contest rarely short of drama.
Fallen Angel returns to winning ways in the Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas with Danny Tudhope onboard!
— The Curragh Racecourse (@curraghrace) May 26, 2024
A superb run for one of @karl_burke's most promising stable superstars! 👏 pic.twitter.com/B5teLEKtC7
Completing the ten-strong line-up of possibles are Prague, Checkandchallenge, Lead Artist, Persica, and Storm Star—each hoping to land a blow in a field where questions will be answered and reputations potentially redefined.
Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes
(British Champions Series) (Group 1)
£400,000 guaranteed, 4yo plus, 1m, Class 1
10 remaining entries
Going: Good to Firm
NO. FORM HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY
1 65-283 Checkandchallenge 6 9-2 William Knight
2 654-11 Dancing Gemini 4 9-2 Roger Teal
3 1212-8 Lead Artist 4 9-2 John & Thady Gosden
4 17153- Notable Speech 4 9-2 Charlie Appleby
5 318-31 Persica 4 9-2 Richard Hannon
6 45210- Prague 5 9-2 Dylan Cunha
7 1/211- Rosallion 4 9-2 Richard Hannon
8 33-111 Storm Star 4 9-2 Andrew Balding
9 /8124- Fallen Angel 4 8-13 K R Burke
10 4113-2 Tamfana 4 8-13 David Menuisier
