John Oxx is banking on Arch Swing to maintain his outstanding Royal Ascot record in next week's Coronation Stakes.
The Newmarket 1,000 Guineas runner-up is set for a third clash of the year with Finsceal Beo and an outstanding international field for Friday's Group One feature after recovering from pulled muscles picked up in the Irish Guineas last month.
"She was back cantering within a week and she has been doing well lately. If we can keep her like this, I'll be happy," Oxx said yesterday.
"It looks like being a good race with Finsceal Beo there again, and Darjina, and the German Guineas winner (Mi Emma) is an outstanding filly in Germany. Nobody's missing."
Fast ground will be a boost for Arch Swing's chances of following in the footsteps of Oxx's previous Coronation winner, the outstanding Ridgewood Pearl, who scored in 1995.
She is just one of many Group One Royal Ascot victories for the Curragh trainer who has also landed the Gold Cup with Enzeli and the St James's Palace Stakes and the Prince Of Wales's Stakes with Azamour.
Arch Swing will be Oxx's sole runner at next week's festival and it now looks unlikely that Dermot Weld will be represented.
"Profound Beauty was a possible for the Ribblesdale but she is a filly that needs some cut and it's highly unlikely she will get that," Weld said. "We will wait instead for the Irish Oaks."
A maximum field of 11 will line up for this year's Prince Of Wales's Stakes with Aidan O'Brien's Irish Derby winner Dylan Thomas leading another international line-up.
Andre Fabre's Manduro will represent France, possibly alongside the triple Group One winning filly Mendesha, while the home team are headed by Notnowcato and the Breeders' Cup hero Red Rocks.
Also engaged for next Wednesday's highlight is the 2006 Epsom Derby winner Sir Percy while there was one supplementary entry yesterday, the Michael Jarvis-trained Pressing, who was runner-up in a Group One in Rome on his last start.
There are two Irish meetings this evening with Michael Kinane, Kieren Fallon and John Murtagh all engaged at Navan's all-flat fixture.
The change in going to a forecast "good to yielding" could play a factor but it should be to the advantage of the highly-regarded Vincenzio Galilei who looks a type to appreciate a little cut in the mile-and-a-quarter maiden, the last race on the card.
Ger Lyons's horse was disappointing behind Mahler at Gowran on his last start in May but has always been seen as a type to improve with time.
Dermot Weld's string are really starting to hit form and Perfect Casting can come on enough from a maiden success at Leopardstown to pick up the mile conditions event.
Kevin Prendergast's Listowel winner Dawla is the unknown quantity for the race but Perfect Casting may be better suited to the conditions.
Davy Russell could be the jockey to follow at Clonmel where Colm Murphy's course bumper winner Scholars Mate should go close in the opener and Snowfox, runner-up on the flat at both Tramore and Wexford, can translate that good form to the mares handicap hurdle.
