It isn’t but recognized whether or not King Charles III and Queen Camilla will attend to observe any of the horses they personal.
Desert Hero gave the King his first winner at Royal Ascot with victory within the King George V Stakes final yr, and is entered for the Hardwicke Stakes on Saturday.
Jockey Frankie Dettori shall be again on the assembly, however not driving this time as he promotes a restaurant hospitality enterprise. He competed for the final time in Britain at Ascot in October earlier than switching to the USA.
His absence offers Ryan Moore, O’Brien’s steady jockey, the possibility to develop into essentially the most profitable present rider on the assembly – he’s two behind Dettori’s mark of 81 victories.
It’s also an enormous week for James Doyle, the primary rider for Wathnan Racing, who’ve been on a spending spree earlier than Ascot, snapping up the likes of Haatem, Shartash and Area Legend.
Wathnan – owned by Sheikh Tamim, the emir of Qatar – had been profitable with Gold Cup winner Braveness Mon Ami and Queen’s Vase victor Gregory final yr.
