• Decision on whether favourite runs is expected Saturday morning
• Heavy rain has turned ground testing at Ascot for summer highlightJockeys achieve not normally dispense beaming smiles as they return to weigh in after finishing seventh,but William Buick could not succor himself after the first race here on Friday. “Its very soft out there,” he said, or as the rain that could transform Saturday’s the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes continued to fall. “Great for Romsdal.”But not for Romsdal’s stablemate,Golden Horn. John Gosden, who had hoped to saddle three of the 10 runners in the most prestigious middle-distance event of the season at Ascot, and will walk the course on Saturday morning before deciding whether to let the unbeaten Derby winner take his chance.
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Source: theguardian.com