Confirmed runners and riders for Saturday's Hungerford Stakes as Notable Speech misses out

Notable Speech was a key omission from the declarations for Saturday's Visit Malta Hungerford Stakes (3.35) at Newbury, with last year's 2,000 Guineas winner set to head to France instead.

The four-year-old, who was last seen in the July Cup, is entered in the Prix Jacques Le Marois at Deauville on Sunday which has emerged as his likely target. He was not confirmed for the British weekend highlight, and nor was stablemate Shadow Of Light.

Favourite More Thunder heads a final field of nine runners. The four-year-old has made rapid improvement in handicaps since joining William Haggas at the start of the season, accounting for a near-miss in the Wokingham to win the Bunbury Cup last month.

Lennox Stakes winner Witness Stand will look to repeat his Glorious Goodwood success with Billy Loughnane set to ride for the first time. The young jockey will be full of confidence having won his first Group 1 on Sunday, aboard Rebel's Romance for the Grosser Preis von Berlin.

The first two home from the Group 3 Hackwood Stakes, Rage Of Bamby and King's Gamble, will renew their rivalry at the track.

Godolphin will still have representation in Saturday's Group 2 with Spy Chief set to run for John and Thady Gosden. Robert Havlin will keep the ride on the Jersey Stakes runner-up.

Hungerford Stakes confirmed runners and riders

Witness Stand Billy Loughnane
Alyanaabi Jim Crowley
King's Gamble Rossa Ryan
More Thunder Tom Marquand
Fair Angellica Finley Marsh
Great Generation Marco Ghiani
Rage of Bamby Charles Bishop
Marvelman Oisin Murphy
Spy Chief Robert Havlin
Duty First Hollie Doyle

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