Stellar cast in line for Palace showdown

Kingman and Night Of Thunder are set to clash for the third time this season in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot as both appeared among 12 entries at the latest forefeit stage.

Stellar cast in line for Palace showdown

While John Gosden’s Kingman was far superior in the Greenham at Newbury, Richard Hannon’s Night Of Thunder turned the tables in the Qipco 2000 Guineas to spring a 40-1 surprise.

Night Of Thunder has not run since, but the form of that win could not have worked out any better.

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