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SACRED Bridge and Dr Zempf will represent the in-form team of trainer Ger Lyons and jockey Colin Keane in the Cheveley Park Stakes and Middle Park Stakes respectively at Newmarket on Saturday.
Lyons’ unbeaten filly Sacred Bridge tops 13 in the Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes.
Owned by the sponsors, she has won all four of her outings and sets a high standard.
The Ismail Mohammed-trained Zain Claudette and Andrew Balding’s Sandrine were first and second in the Lowther at York and will meet again.
The supplemented Eve Lodge, Desert Dreamer, Flotus and Aidan O'Brien's Tenebrism will all have their supporters.
Dr Zempf faces nine rivals in the Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes. The colt finished second in the Phoenix Stakes last time out, and the winner that day, Ebro River, misses this race due to the fast ground.
Fozzy Stack’s Castle Star, who was second in the Railway and fourth in the Phoenix, also runs.
Likely favourite for the Middle Park is Perfect Power. Richard Fahey’s colt is already a Royal Ascot winner and having met trouble in running at Goodwood, went to France last time out to win the Group 1 Prix Morny at Deauville.
Behind him that day were the Alan King-trained Asymmetric and Richard Hannon’s Armor and that pair take him on again.
Go Bears Go has another crack at Group 1 company for David Loughnane. He won the Railway Stakes at the Curragh and was then third in the Phoenix Stakes.
Flying Childers winner Caturra, the Aidan O’Brien pair of HMS Endeavour and New York City and Michael O’Callaghan’s Twilight Jet complete the field.
Balding’s Masekela brings the strongest form in the Juddmonte Royal Lodge having been touched off by National Stakes winner Native Trail and beaten subsequent Champagne Stakes victor Bayside Boy in his last two runs.
Mark Johnston’s Royal Patronage was impressive in the Acomb at York and may give him something to think about, while Frankie Dettori teams up with Unconquerable for Donnacha O’Brien.
Dettori rides Magical Morning in the bet365 Cambridgeshire and not ante-post favourite and stablemate Uncle Bryn, who will instead be partnered by Robert Havlin.
Bell Rock is top weight with last year’s winner Majestic Dawn among those towards the head of the weights.
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