Dunaden bids to confirm middle-distance credentials

Dunaden bids to confirm his middle-distance credentials when he contests the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot today.

Winner of the Melbourne Cup last year, he went on to land the Hong Kong Vase over 12 furlongs but has yet to make a mark in two starts at that trip this term.

He finished third in the Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket on his first attempt while fellow Hardwicke runner Aiken had him in the same position at Chantilly last time.