Sky seeking revenge in Sun Chariot

Elusive Kate aims to confirm her superiority over old rival Sky Lantern as the pair engage in a highly-anticipated rematch in the Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes (3.10) at Newmarket.

Following victories in the 1000 Guineas on the Rowley Mile and the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, three-year-old grey Sky Lantern was an odds-on favourite to complete the hat-trick as she tackled her elders for the first time in the Falmouth Stakes on Newmarket’s July course.

Richard Hannon’s filly was produced with what looked like a winning run by Richard Hughes but, after a heated tussle and much barging, the John Gosden-trained Elusive Kate and William Buick held on by a neck, surviving a stewards’ inquiry and a subsequent appeal from the Hannon camp.