Charlie Appleby has left both Shadow Of Light and Notable Speech in tomorrow’s Visit Malta Hungerford Stakes at Newbury.
The former was a late absentee from Sunday’s Prix Maurice de Gheest because of the prevailing fast ground and the Sky Bet City Of York is another potential target for him.
The Ebor Festival feature and Prix Jacques Le Marois are alternative options for Notable Speech who was last seen finishing fifth when reverting to sprinting in the July Cup.
Godolphin have a third possible runner in the John and Thady Gosden-trained Spy Chief who was seventh having been supplemented into the Newmarket Group One last month.
William Haggas could step Bunbury Cup winner More Thunder up in class at Newbury, while Lennox Stakes hero Witness Stand also stands his ground.
Alyanaabi may bid to bounce back from a below-par run in the Goodwood contest, while Hackwood Stakes one-two Rage Of Bamby and King’s Gamble are in line for a rematch.
Duty First won the Fred Darling here in the spring and will be looking to bounce back to form after finishing last of 11 in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Fair Angelica, Great Generation and Marvelman complete the field.
Andrew Balding is responsible for two of the seven entries in the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing Geoffrey Freer Stakes on the same card.
They are Alsakib and the three-year-old Furthur for whom Oisin Murphy is booked. He was second in the Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot but failed to fire in the Bahrain Trophy at Newmarket next time.
Colin Keane is pencilled in to ride Ascot handicap winner Pinhole for Ralph Beckett, while David O’Meara’s Epic Poet brings strong staying form to the table, notably his Yorkshire Cup second behind Rebel’s Romance.
Nightime Dancer was second behind Scandinavia in the Bahrain Trophy last time and the field is completed by Ambiente Friendly and Candleford.
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