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Twice Over will spearhead a double-pronged raid on Saturday’s Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown for owner Khalid Abdullah.

Henry Cecil’s five-year-old will be joined by Sir Michael Stoute’s Zacinto, giving Abdullah a strong hand as he searches for more Group One glory in what has already been a hugely successful season thanks to Special Duty, Workforce and Byword.

Twice Over gave him a one-two at Royal Ascot by chasing home Byword and connections hope he can go one better at the weekend, with Cecil giving him the green light to take his chance on the ground.

“The horse is in good form. He doesn’t want any jar in the ground but Andrew Cooper (clerk of the course) is well aware of that so we expect good ground for him on Saturday,” said Teddy Grimthorpe, Abdullah’s racing manager.

“It was a cracking run at Ascot. He got shuffled back. He likes to be ridden relatively prominently and by the time he got out and got going, it was too late. Henry has brought him back tremendously well. The horse looks in great shape now and let’s hope he can go on.”

Zacinto showed more of his old sparkle when fourth to Goldikova in the Queen Anne Stakes and steps up to 10 furlongs for the first time.

Grimthorpe added on At The Races: “Sir Michael seems very pleased. His run in the Queen Anne showed he was back on track. In the back of Sir Michael’s mind has been the fact he might need to step up to a mile and a quarter and pretty soon after the Queen Anne, Ryan Moore agreed.

“He would need to run to the form from the QEII last year against Rip Van Winkle to be competitive in this. There is plenty of stamina in his pedigree.”

Aidan O’Brien has nominated Irish 2000 Guineas third and French Derby fifth Viscount Nelson as his leading contender from the six Ballydoyle entries.

He said: “Viscount Nelson is our main runner and it is possible we may run something else. Beethoven might also run, but I doubt any of the others will with Fencing Master going to go for a mile-and-a-half race at Longchamp and Steinbeck being kept back for a Group race at the Curragh.”

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Dubai Sheema Classic winner Dar Re Mi features among 13 remaining entries in the Coral-Eclipse on Saturday.

John Gosden’s five-year-old has not raced on British soil since beating Sariska in the Yorkshire Oaks last August but has since finished fifth in the Arc, third in the Breeders’ Cup Turf and tasted glory on World Cup night at Meydan.

Aidan O’Brien has six possible runners as he seeks a fifth success in the Sandown showpiece. Royal Ascot disappointment Steinbeck could be joined by Ballydoyle stablemates Beethoven, Bright Horizon, Encompassing, Fencing Master and Viscount Nelson.

Connections of Mawatheeq will be hoping for an improved performance after he was well beaten on his Ascot reappearance, while Henry Cecil’s Twice Over could bid for a second Group One win following his narrow defeat in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes.

Jukebox Jury, Sri Putra, Zacinto and Chabal complete the list.

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Aidan O’Brien bids for a fifth consecutive Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby and an eighth in all when he saddles a five-strong team headed by Cape Blanco at the Curragh today.

Stable jockey Johnny Murtagh has chosen to ride the French Derby flop instead of Epsom Derby fourth Jan Vermeer, who will be the mount of Seamus Heffernan.

“The French race was a bit messy, but we’re not really sure what happened that day,” said O’Brien.

“It wasn’t his running and he just wasn’t the horse he was at York (where he beat subsequent Epsom hero Workforce in the Dante). Maybe he just had an off-day, which every horse is entitled to have.

“He hasn’t really done a lot of work as he doesn’t take a lot of work, but everything he’s done we’ve been happy with.”

On Jan Vermeer, the Ballydoyle handler added: “He ran well at Epsom, but with the benefit of hindsight we might have been better going to France for an easier mile and a quarter rather than the gruelling mile and a half.

“He probably didn’t get enough time between his first run at the Curragh and Epsom to make the progress fitness-wise that we would have liked.

“But he seems to have been in good form since and we’ve had a little bit more time between Epsom and the Curragh than we did between the Curragh and Epsom the first time.”

O’Brien also runs Derby second At First Sight (Joseph O’Brien) and fifth home Midas Touch (Colm O’Donoghue), as well as Bright Horizon (Sean Levey).

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Mamlook goes for a big staying handicap double when he bids to follow up his Chester Cup success in the John Smith’s Northumberland Plate at Newcastle.

The six-year-old has gone up 4lb for his narrow win over Tastahil on the Roodee in May, but trainer David Pipe is still optimistic of a big run.

“It was a great performance in the Chester Cup. He’ll like the ground and the trip. He’s fairly quick for a two-miler and the draw, 10, is OK,” said the Nicholashayne handler.

“He went up a few pounds for winning the Chester Cup, but hopefully he’ll have a good each-way chance.”

Alan Swinbank expects his two runners, Merchant Of Dubai and Stanstill, to be competitive, but he fears the well-backed Deauville Flyer.

The North Yorkshire trainer said: “Tim Easterby’s horse will take some beating.

“Stanstill is very well, but it’s a competitive contest. Merchant Of Dubai could do with a bit of cut in the ground, so we could do with a shower of rain for him. I think we will be competitive, but to win is a big ask.”

Drunken Sailor takes a big step up in trip after finishing third in a Listed race over 10 furlongs at Goodwood last time.

The gelding was successful in a maiden hurdle over two miles when trained in Ireland but has been running in middle-distance races since moving to Luca Cumani, including winning two events in Dubai during the spring.

The trainer said: “We’ll just have to see if he stays or not – we’re going up from a mile and a quarter to two miles. He is quite high in the handicap, but he is very well and his prep race at Goodwood went well.”