PHOENIX TOWER can make the most of an unremarkable line-up for Sandown's Coral-Eclipse Stakes by providing Henry Cecil with his first Group One winner of the year.
The popular Newmarket trainer has been edged out at the highest level on a number of occasions, not least with Phoenix Tower, who was second in both the Lockinge and the Prince Of Wales's Stakes.
There is no Duke Of Marmalade – the four-length win
ner at Royal Ascot – to worry about here and the Chester House colt should relish the uphill finish at the Esher track.
Cecil should also be on the mark with Ajaan in the Weatherbys VAT Services Stakes, who travelled beautifully in Ascot's Queen Alexandra Stakes before not quite lasting home over two miles, five furlongs.
It is possible he may be able to make an impression in Cup races in time so will feel much more at home over this two-mile trip.
Jack Junior can finally lift a decent prize in the feature handicap, the Toteswinger Stakes.
Until breaking his duck at Haydock on his recent reappearance, Brian Meehan's colt must have been one of the best maidens around as he ran in both the UAE Derby and the St James's Palace Stakes – finishing a respectable second to Asiatic Boy in the former.
However, he was a let-down on other occasions but may well be a more mature proposition with a win in the bag.
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