Yesterday went the way of the Irish and today’s in the Prince Of Wales Camelot  will try to keep the green ball rolling.

He was soundly beaten last time out at the Curragh by Al Kazeem in the Tattersalls Gold Cup over 11 f. Aidan O’Brein post race referred to the colic operation he overcame last Autumn and the team come here more in hope than confidence. Whether he can ever reproduce the brilliance he showed as a two year old in The Racing Post Trophy and last year as a three year old in the Derby remains to be seen. Is he a horse on the way back or has that operation stolen the edge that set him apart?

Roger Charlton’s colt is very much on the way up. The team was not surprised by their victory at the Curragh as they had travelled in confidence. He’s lightly raced for a five year old with a strike rate of 50% from 10 runs. Last year his only visit to the racecourse was for The Jockey Club Stakes in May where he got the better of Quest For Peace by a comfortable 4 1/2 L.

The French raider from the Jonathan Pearce yard must be respected. Maxios has already had a good campaign in 2013. He bagged the Prix Harcourt (G2) and Prix D’Ispahan (G1) in the spring at Lonchamp beating Planteur in the latter a 1/2 L. Again he’s a colt on the up.

The Fugue makes her seasonal debut for John Gosden. Today will be the first time she takes on the colts having raced in all the good races for her own sex last year. Her highlight came in the  Nassau Stakes where she beat Timepiece 1 L.

Of the outsiders Asfare looks overpriced. He ran a cracking race last year in the Arlington Million when second to Little Mike who then went on to take The Breeders Cup Turf from Point Of Entry and St Nicholas Abbey. He will love the conditions today and the yard is in fine form. You’d be concerned by the lack of a recent run but then Luca Cumani loves nothing better than to go to war with an older middle distance horse and he will know best how to have this fella primed for today.

In the Duke Of Cambridge, the race before the Prince of Wales Duntle is a solid  and over priced favourite.

Recommendation : Prince Of Wales –  Asfare 33/1 ew 

Duke Of Cambridge – Duntle 7/2 win