DERMOT WELD is sizing up the Pertemps St Leger at Doncaster after claiming his 11th Group race win at Royal Ascot yesterday with a colt he labelled "the new Vintage Crop".

Gordi, the previous winner of a mile and a quarter Leopardstown maiden, captured the two mile Group Three Queen's Vase by a length from Athenry.

It was the third victory of the week for stable jockey Michael Kinane and prompted both William Hill and Corals to suspend betting on the destiny of London Clubs Trophy (for the leading jockey at Royal Ascot) after just two days.

Gordi ran in the colours of his breeder, Allen "Cigar" Paulson but Dr Michael Smurfit, owner of Melbourne Cup winner Vintage Crop, also has a share of the colt.

"Gordi has been coming on in leaps and bounds lately. I was confident he would win and though he had only won over 10 furlongs, he had to be ridden with great patience," said Weld.

"I would see him as a replacement for Vintage Crop. He is like him in that he has fabulous shoulders, the shoulders of a high class stayer.

"Two miles at this stage is really too far for him and the St Leger will be his target with one prep race beforehand."

Jeff Pearce, trainer of Athenry promised a re-match at Doncaster. "He will go for the St Leger. A mile and six on easy ground would suit him perfectly. We'll aim him at the Cup races next season."

A change of jockey brought a change of luck for French filly Shake The Yoke, who carried off the Group One Coronation Stakes with a polished display. She turned the tables on classic conqueror Ta Rib and avenged the defeat of compatriot Ashkalani in the St James's Palace Stakes.

Dominique Boeuf took the blame for Shake The Yoke's three quarters of a length defeat by Ed Dunlop's filly at Longchamp, giving way to Oliver Peslier in yesterday's race.

But unlike Michael Kinane, who yesterday claimed he would have won on Ashkalani given a second chance, Peslier delivered the goods by guiding his mount to a neck triumph.

Their victory thwarted a dramatic bid by gambled on Last Second, whose late thrust under George Duffield failed only narrowly.

Ireland's Dance Design took third, with Ta Rib fourth.

Lucayan Prince sprang a surprise to land the Jersey Stakes at 50 to 1.