Exosphere on recovery mission in Princess of Wales's

Stoute contender out to bounce back from Royal Ascot flop

Exosphere: looking to recapture the form that led him to an impressive win in the Jockey Club Stakes

Exospheric: was an impressive winner of the Jockey Club Stakes when called ExospehereCredit: Edward Whitaker

Exosphere, a disappointing favourite lost in the drama of Dartmouth's Hardwicke Stakes victory, will bid to make amends in the Group 2 Princess of Wales's Arqana Racing Club Stakes on the first day of Newmarket's July festival tomorrow.

A stablemate of Dartmouth, Exosphere had progressed from handicaps last year to win the Jockey Club Stakes on the Rowley Mile in April, but having been sent off 6-4 favourite at Royal Ascot could finish only eighth of nine.

Exosphere's main rival in the Princess Of Wales's, for which he was 9-4 favourite with Paddy Power after declarations yesterday, is Second Step. He too is on something of a recovery mission after failing to justify favouritism in the Yorkshire Cup – where his stamina seemed to give out – and then being unable to live with Postponed in the Coronation Cup at Epsom.

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Keith MelroseBetting editor

Published on 5 July 2016inBritain

Last updated 10:29, 6 July 2016

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