Confirmed runners and riders for the Coronation Stakes and Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot on Friday

Qipco 1,000 Guineas heroine Elmalka will aim to give Roger Varian another headline victory at Royal Ascot this week when she runs in Friday's Coronation Stakes (3.45).

The three-year-old narrowly denied Porta Fortuna in the Newmarket Classic last month and the pair will face off again after they were among ten declared for the mile contest. Elmalka was partnered by Silvestre de Sousa in the 1,000 Guineas, but will be ridden Varian's number one rider James Doyle this time.

The Newmarket trainer has already been among the winners at the royal meeting, having landed the opening Queen Anne Stakes with Charyn on Tuesday.

Porta Fortuna, who won the Albany Stakes on the card last year, takes up her engagement in this rather than the Commonwealth Cup, while 1,000 Guineas third Ramatuelle also takes her chance and will be ridden by Oisin Murphy for the first time.

However, the red-hot favourite is Opera Singer, who was a brilliant winner of the Prix Marcel Boussac last year and returned when third in the Irish 1,000 Guineas last month. Her trainer Aidan O'Brien also saddles Content.

Shock French 1,000 Guineas winner Rouhiya is also among the French challenge and will be partnered by her regular rider Maxime Guyon. The unbeaten Devoted Queen is also a notable runner for Godolphin.

A field of 15 will take on the card's other Group 1, the Commonwealth Cup (3.05), in which Insherin will bid for a breakthrough success at the highest level.

The Kevin Ryan-trained Insherin thrived when dropping back to a sprint trip in the Sandy Lane Stakes last time, which prompted connections to supplement him for this. His owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum – already among the winners this week with Rosallion's St James's Palace Stakes triumph – is also represented by another leading contender in Elite Status for Karl Burke.

River Tiber has not been declared for Aidan O'Brien, with the trainer relying on the Ryan Moore-ridden outsider Military instead.

Jasour, the winner of a course-and-distance trial last month, bids to give trainer Clive Cox another Commonwealth Cup success, while Vandeek and Bucanero Fuerte were scratched as expected after being ruled out of the race earlier this week.

Coronation Stakes confirmed runners and riders

• Content tbc
• Devoted Queen William Buick
• Elmalka James Doyle
• Folgaria Hollie Doyle
• Opera Singer tbc
• Porta Fortuna Tom Marquand
• Ramatuelle Oisin Murphy
• Rouhiya Maxime Guyon
• See The Fire David Probert
• Skellet Rossa Ryan

Commonwealth Cup runners and riders

• Elite Status Clifford Lee
• Evade Oisin Murphy
• Givemethebeatboys Shane Foley
• Inisherin Tom Eaves
• Jasour Jim Crowley
• Kind Of Blue Daniel Muscutt
• Lake Forest Tom Marquand
• Louis Barthas John Egan
• Malc Oisin Orr
• Military Ryan Moore
• Orne Kieran Shoemark
• Pocklington Harry Russell
• Starlust Rossa Ryan
• Classic Flower Mickael Barzalona
• Pandora's Gift Sean Levey

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