'We've waited for Royal Ascot and she's in really good form - I also think she's on a good mark'
Lambourn correspondent Liam Headd talks to the village's trainers about their leading hopes for the royal meeting
Owen Burrows
Anmaat
Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Wednesday), best odds 5-1
He’s fine after Ireland, where he was narrowly beaten in the Tattersalls Gold Cup. He did everything right bar win, but the winner [Los Angeles] had race-fitness and it just told in the last 50 yards. I was thrilled with him and you don’t see many travel in Group 1s the way he did. It was a proper race and we were chuffed to bits with him. He’s come out of it well and, as long as it’s not rattling quick ground, then we’ll be heading there.
Glittering Surf
Coronation Stakes (Friday), 50-1
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