Hawkbill has Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot in his sights

Hawkbill, winner of the Coral-Eclipse, is among 55 entries for the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on October 15.

The Godolphin-owned colt could renew rivalry with The Gurkha and Time Test, who were second and third behind him at Sandown last month, should he line-up for Europe’s richest mile-and-a-quarter race.

Hawkbill was winning his sixth race in succession at Sandown and has since been given time to recharge his batteries ahead of his next objective, the Juddmonte International at York on August 17.