O’Brien dominates Royal Lodge field with six entries

AIDAN O’Brien’s unbeaten juvenile Rip Van Winkle is one of 18 acceptors for the Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes at Ascot on Saturday at the confirmation stage.

An impressive victory in the Tyros Stakes elevated the colt to prominence in the ante-post market for next year’s 2000 Guineas and he is one of six Ballydoyle entries along with Drumbeat, Hail Caesar, Indian Ocean, Masterofthehorse and Set Sail.

Other notable possibles include Mick Channon’s Vintage Stakes hero Orizaba, John Gosden’s Alwaary, the Michael Jarvis-trained Almiqdaad and Henry Cecil’s On Our Way.