Ascot king Cecil raring to go

With 72 Royal Ascot winners already under his belt, Henry Cecil could be forgiven for taking his foot off the gas as the years roll on but the legendary trainer has one of his strongest ever teams this year.

The betting suggests that Frankel just has to turn up to win the St James’s Palace Stakes, while stable stalwart Twice Over is raring to have a crack at So You Think in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes.