Time Test has to battle ground as well as rivals

Roger Charlton fully intends for Time Test to take his place in today’s Coral-Eclipse at Sandown.

Although the ground on the round course at the Esher track is expected to remain good to soft, good in places the Beckhampton handler will let the four-year-old take his chance in the Group One mile-and-a-quarter event.

After missing an engagement in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot on account of soft ground, the four-year-old has been restricted to just the one start this season, an outing which resulted in a win in the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at the Esher track in May.