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The Hampton Court Stakes was the most exciting race of the meeting for me, with plenty of runners emerging with credit. One of those was fifth-placed Roseman, who was bumped leaving the stalls and stuck on the outside in the early stages, forfeiting valuable ground. He responded eyecatchingly to Andrea Atzeni's urgings in the straight but, in a race where it paid to be prominent, he couldn't claw back the leaders.

His Heron Stakes second behind King Of Comedy also reads well, and he should be plying his trade in Group 1s before too long.
Maddy Playle

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Published on 23 June 2019inRoyal Ascot

Last updated 18:54, 23 June 2019

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