Friday at Royal Ascot taking shape

Khalid Abdullah's MODERN LOOK (Zamindar) on Saturday headed a field of 15

fillies remaining in Friday's Coronation S. (Eng-G1). Fourth in the Poule d'Essai

des Pouliches (Fr-G1) at Longchamp on May 11 before winning the Prix de Sandringham

(Fr-G1) at

Chantilly on June 1, the David Smaga-trained sophomore was reported firmly on

course for her British bow by the owner/breeder's racing manager Teddy

Grimthorpe.

"She is the top-rated horse in the race and is in very good nick,"

Grimthorpe said. "She is very straightforward and has done very well since

Chantilly, where she won as comfortably as she should have done, but even

without Natagora (Divine Light) and Zarkava (Zamindar), this is a high-class race."

Heading the

home opposition is the Cheveley Park Stud-owned pair of SPACIOUS (Nayef)

and INFALLIBLE (Pivotal), second and fourth, respectively, in the One Thousand

Guineas (Eng-G1) at Newmarket on May 4, while the third-placed in that classic, SAOIRSE

ABU (Mr. Greeley), is also featured in the list. She may be joined by LUSH

LASHES (Galileo [Ire]), also from the Jim Bolger stable, while the Irish

contingent is strengthened by three of the first four home in the Irish One

Thousand Guineas (Ire-G1) in MAD ABOUT YOU (Indian Ridge), CARRIBEAN SUNSET (Danehill Dancer) and TUSCAN

EVENING (Oasis Dream [GB]).

Only

Mohammed Al Shafar's Premio Regina Elena (Ity-G3) winner LOVE OF DUBAI (More than Ready) was supplemented at yesterday's stage and she will

represent the Clive Brittain barn.

In the King Edward VII S. (Eng-G2) on the undercard, Anthony Oppenheimer's BRONZE

CANNON (Lemon Drop Kid) headed a field of 19 after Alan Spence's Chester Vase

(Eng-G3) runner-up ALL THE ACES (Spartacus) and Ballymacoll Stud's impressive

Epsom handicap scorer CONDUIT (Dalakhani) were supplemented at a

cost of £20,000 by trainers Michael Jarvis and Sir Michael Stoute, respectively.

Bronze Cannon beat subsequent Epsom Derby (Eng-G1) fourth Doctor Fremantle (Sadler's

Wells) in a

Newmarket handicap on April 17 before following up at the same track and level

on May

25.

"Everything's fine and he'll go to Ascot," the owner/ breeder's racing

advisor

Hugo Lascelles told PA Sport. "I should think the ground will be fine for him at

Ascot, as long as it's not too slow -- if it was soft he wouldn't run."

Aidan

O'Brien has five entries, including Gallinule S. (Ire-G3) scorer Hebridean (Bach

[Ire]), while Godolphin have a sole contender in Lingfield Derby Trial (Eng-G3) third

CAMPANOLOGIST (Kingmambo).