French training sensation Rouget ready for Ascot assault

TRAINING sensation Jean-Claude Rouget bids to make his mark at Royal Ascot today when he saddles Never On Sunday in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes.

Having won the French 1000 Guineas, Derby and Oaks already this season, the Pau-based handler saddles the improving grey in a Group One event that promises to be one of the highlights of the week.

He said of the Prix d’Ispahan winner: “He is running at Ascot as the French racing programme doesn’t have any races after the Ispahan for Group One winners, specialised over the intermediate distances.