Lethal Force will face 13 rivals, including Tom Hogan’s Gordon Lord Byron and Aidan O’Brien’s Gale Force Ten, as he bids for a Group 1 hat-trick in tomorrow’s Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville.

Robert Cowell is to run all three of his smart sprinters in the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Hoof It is the notable absentee as 18 horses remained at the latest declaration stage for the Qipco British Champion Sprint Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.