Harry Eustace is eager to see Docklands translate Ascot form to Epsom when he seeks what would be a welcome return to the winner’s enclosure in the Betfred Diomed Stakes.

The five-year-old often saves his best for Ascot and was second there to John and Thady Gosden’s Sardinian Warrior on his return in the Paradise Stakes, with his conqueror advertising the form when going close in the Prix d’Ispahan.

His last victory, however, came in the Britannia Stakes at the 2023 Royal meeting and Eustace said: “I’m frustrated because I feel he should have won another nice race by now, but the fact Ascot is his favourite track means we bump into a lot of good horses.

“It’s up to him to translate that form to a track like Epsom. His form puts him bang there, it is now just a case of him showing it on

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