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The John and Thady Gosden-trained Running Lion could bid to repeat her 2024 success.
The Clarehaven team have also entered 2023 Queen Mary heroine Crimson Advocate and Rainbows Edge, who carries the colours of the King and Queen.
It's two wins from two for @WilliamBuickX as he leads home RAINBOWS EDGE in The Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% British EBF Fillies' Handicap Stakes for HM The King and HM The Queen. pic.twitter.com/S4qPiYqP2C
— Ascot Racecourse (@Ascot) May 10, 2025
Elmalka won the Newmarket 1,000 Guineas last season, while Soprano won the Sandringham Stakes over course and distance at the meeting 12 months ago.
Karl Burke was the man to follow in last year’s Royal Ascot juvenile ranks—Shareholder showing a clean pair of heels in the Norfolk. Matching that haul in 2025 won’t be straightforward, but the Spigot Lodge team once again looks stacked with two-year-old talent.
Chief among them appears to be Zelaina, who heads for the Queen Mary with strong credentials and no shortage of confidence behind her. She tops a Burke juvenile squad that is, by any measure, loaded.
But it won’t just be the youngsters carrying big expectations.
Fallen Angel, last year’s Group 1-winning filly, lines up in the Duke of Cambridge on the Wednesday, and her trainer is bullish after a pleasing seasonal return in the Lockinge.
🗣️ “We went there expecting she'd come on for it, and she’s done exactly that,” Burke said. “We were delighted with the run, and she’s come out of it spot on. She’s sharpened up since and, on what she’s shown, you'd hope she’ll be the one they all have to beat.”
With Royal Ascot just days away, Burke’s string is once again looking loaded with live chances—and if history repeats, few will be surprised.
Cinderella’s Dream, who was an emphatic winner of the Dahlia Stakes at Newmarket in the spring for Charlie Appleby, and George Boughey’s high-class filly Soprano, who won the Sandringham at Royal Ascot last year and returns on the back of Listed success, are also in the mix.
Duke Of Cambridge Stakes
(Fillies' Group 2) (Formerly the Windsor Forest Stakes) (Str)
£225,000 added, 4yo plus, 1m, Class 1
11 entries
Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
NO. FORM HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY
1 1186-2 Arolla 4 - Harry Charlton
2 112-21 Cinderella's Dream 4 - Charlie Appleby William Buick
3 /10-21 Crimson Advocate 4 - John & Thady Gosden
4 5210-6 Doha 5 - Ralph Beckett Hector Crouch
5 444-24 Elmalka 4 - Roger Varian Silvestre De Sousa
6 8124-6 Fallen Angel 4 - K R Burke James Doyle
7 212-12 One Look 4 - P Twomey
8 112-1 Rainbows Edge 4 - John & Thady Gosden Ryan Moore
9 172-52 Running Lion 5 - John & Thady Gosden Oisin Murphy
10 1320-1 Soprano 4 - George Boughey Billy Loughnane
11 1125-5 Start Of Day 4 - Christopher Head
DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE STAKES WINNERS
YR/DATE GR WINNER TRAINER JOCKEY OWNER AGE/WGT SP
2024 2 RUNNING LION John & Thady Gosden Oisin Murphy David Howden 4-9-02 6/1
2023 2 ROGUE MILLENNIUM Tom Clover Daniel Tudhope Scott C Heider 4 9-02 10/1
2022 2 SAFFRON BEACH Jane Chapple-Hyam William Buick Mrs B V Sangster, J Wigan & O Sangster 4 9-07 5/2J
2021 2 INDIE ANGEL John & Thady Gosden Frankie Dettori Cheveley Park Stud 4 9-00 22/1
2020 2 NAZEEF John Gosden Jim Crowley Hamdan Al Maktoum 4-9-00 100/30
2019 2 MOVE SWIFTLY William Haggas Danny Tudhope Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum 4-9-00 9/1
2018 2 ALJAZZI Marco Botti William Buick Salah Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar 5-9-00 9/2
2017 2 QEMAH Jean-Claude Rouget FR Gregory Benoist Al Shaqab Racing 4-9-00 5/2F
2016 2 USHERETTE Andre Fabre FR Mickael Barzalona Godolphin 4-9-03 9/4F
2015 2 AMAZING MARIA David O’Meara James Doyle Sir Robert Ogden 4-9-00 25/1
2014 2 INTEGRAL Sir Michael Stoute Ryan Moore Cheveley Park Stud 4-9-00 9/4F
2013 2 DUNTLE David Wachman IRE Wayne Lordan Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd 4-8-12 100/30
2012 2 JOVIALITY John Gosden William Buick HRH Princess Haya of Jordan 4-8-12 11/1
2011 2 LOLLY FOR DOLLY Tommy Stack IRE Wayne Lordan David Keoghan 4-8-12 11/1
2010 2 STRAWBERRYDAIQUIRI Sir Michael Stoute Ryan Moore Renata Jacobs 4-8-12 9/2
2009 2 SPACIOUS James Fanshawe Johnny Murtagh Cheveley Park Stud 4-8-12 10/1
2008 2 SABANA PERDIDA Alain de Royer-Dupre FR Christophe Lemaire Scuderia Zaro 5-8-12 4/1
2007 2 NANNINA John Gosden Jimmy Fortune Cheveley Park Stud 4-8-12 3/1CF
2006 2 SOVIET SONG James Fanshawe Jamie Spencer Elite Racing Club 6-8-12 11/8F
*2005 2 PEERESS Sir Michael Stoute Michael Kinane Cheveley Park Stud 4-8-09 14/1
2004 2 FAVOURABLE Sir Michael Stoute Kieren Fallon Maktoum Al Maktoum 4-8-12 13/2
*run at York
