Rosallion (farside) was beaten a nose by in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot

ON A cracking day of Group One action, the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (3:25pm) shapes as another deep renewal, with 16 top-class milers lining up.

The contest likely hinges on current favourite Field Of Gold, unseen since his disappointing run in the Group One Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.

Talked up as a generational miler beforehand, that effort was a far cry from the brilliance he showed when blowing apart the Irish 2000 Guineas and St James’s Palace Stakes here at the Royal meeting.

Reported lame that day and absent since, he’s a risky proposition at current odds, though if back to his best, he’s the one they all must beat.

No horse has endured more near misses this season than ROSALLION .

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