Dartmouth headline act in King George

Dartmouth is the headline act among seven declarations for tomorrow’s King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

Following the news on Wednesday that Roger Varian’s ante-post favourite and last year’s winner Postponed would be forced to miss the midsummer highlight with a respiratory infection, the race has lost some of its lustre.

However, the supplemented Dartmouth is the type of story to bring racing on the front pages of British newspapers given he is owned by the Queen and is running in the race named after her parents.