Cesare bids to retain Ascot crown

Cesare faces the potential twin Group One challenge of Ramonti and Archipenko if he is to retain Saturday’s Plymouth Gin Summer Mile Stakes at Ascot.

Four of the seven-year-old’s last five wins have been at the Berkshire course and while it is difficult to know whether he would have beaten Haradasun in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot last month, he suffered trouble in running before flashing home for fourth.