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Sixties Icon winning The Stan James Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket's Rowley Mile on Sunday 6th May 2007. Photo by Steve Cargill.

THE 2006 St Leger hero Sixties Icon heads a superb 39-strong entry for the £90,000 Group Two Princess Of Wales’s wbx.com Stakes, run over 12 furlongs at Newmarket on Thursday, July 12, day two of the Ritz Club July Festival 2007.

Jeremy Noseda’s first Classic winner made a sparkling reappearance this season in the Group Two StanJamesUK.com Jockey Club Stakes over course and distance on May 6, defeating Admiral’s Cruise in decisive fashion, only to run below-par next time when last of seven to Scorpion in the Group One Coronation Cup at Epsom.

Last year’s Epsom Derby victor Sir Percy has not been able to show his true colours since that momentous day, but Marcus Tregoning’s colt would be a danger to all if returning to his best.

Soapy Danger showed plenty of determination when landing last year’s renewal and is one of seven entries for Mark Johnston. Linas Selection, not seen since running third to Sixties Icon in the BGC Stakes at Goodwood in August, and progressive three-year-old Boscobel, winner of the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot on June 22 from Lucarno, previously fourth in the Epsom Derby behind Authorized, are also possible contenders.

Ask, mightily impressive when powering to a two-length victory over Scorpion in the Group Three Ormonde Stakes at Chester on May 11, is one of three entries for Sir Michael Stoute, who has taken the Princess Of Wales’s wbx.com Stakes five times.

The master of Freemason Lodge has also entered last year’s runner-up Mountain High, who made his breakthrough at Group One level in the Grand Prix de Saint Cloud on June 24, when the Mick Channon-trained Youmzain could only finish fifth, and last year’s King Edward VII Stakes victor Papal Bull.

Godolphin is responsible for six entries, including multiple Group one winners Laverock and Cherry Mix, 2005 St Leger runner-up The Geezer, and Stage Gift, who landed the Group Three La Coupe at Longchamp on June 14, when stable companion Formal Decree slipped up on the turn for home. Tam Lin completes the entry for the Dubai-based outfit.

Sudan, victorious in the Group One Gran Premio di Milano at San Siro, Italy, on June 17 when trained by Elie Lellouche, is now in the care of top Newmarket handler Michael Jarvis, who has also entered Harland, disappointing behind Boscobel in the King Edward VII Stakes on his latest outing.

The Geoff Wragg-trained Ivy Creek appreciated the step up to 12 furlongs when landing the Listed Hildon Stakes at Goodwood on June 1, and followed up in good style in a similar contest at Pontefract on June 24.

Regime, trained by Michael Bell, looked good when taking the Group Three Classic Trial at Sandown on April 28 but beat only four home in the Epsom Derby next time, while Lion Sands, impressive winner of a Haydock maiden on May 25, ran well upped in class when a close fourth to Boscobel in the King Edward VII Stakes next time.

Mont Etoile, the 2006 Ribblesdale Stakes heroine part-owned by Lester Piggott, is the only entry for trainer William Haggas.

Michael Prosser, Director of Racing for Newmarket Racecourses, said: "We are delighted with the entry for the Princess Of Wales’s wbx.com Stakes, in terms of both quality and numbers.

"With a host of middle distance stars entered, including Classic winners Sir Percy and Sixties Icon, plus some really progressive performers like Boscobel and Lucarno, this year’s renewal looks like developing into one of the best seen in recent years."

For further information, please contact:

Alistair Haggis, Press Officer at Newmarket Racecourses, on 01638 675553 or 07884 026 487

Email: alistair.haggis@jockeyclubracecourses.com

Alistair Haggis, Press Officer at Newmarket Racecourses, on 01638 675553 or 07884 026 487

Email: alistair.haggis@jockeyclubracecourses.com

Alistair Haggis, Press Officer at Newmarket Racecourses, on 01638 675553 or 07884 026 487

Email: alistair.haggis@jockeyclubracecourses.com

PRINCESS OF WALES’S wbx.com STAKES

Class 1, Group 2, £90,000 total prize fund, 1m 4f, Suffolk Stakes Course, 3.10pm, Thursday, July 12, 2007; for three-year-olds and upwards; Weights: 3-y-o colts and geldings 8st 3lb; fillies 8st; 4-y-o and up colts and geldings 9st 2lb; fillies 8st 13lb; Penalties: after September 1, 2006, a winner of a Group 2 race 3lb; of a group 1 race 5lb; Entries closed June 20, entries revealed June 27 (39 entries); six-day confirmation stage July 6; declaration stage 10.00am, Tuesday, July 10, 2007; Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including the racing of Tuesday, June 26, 2007.

Class 1, Group 2, £90,000 total prize fund, 1m 4f, Suffolk Stakes Course, 3.10pm, Thursday, July 12, 2007; for three-year-olds and upwards; Weights: 3-y-o colts and geldings 8st 3lb; fillies 8st; 4-y-o and up colts and geldings 9st 2lb; fillies 8st 13lb; Penalties: after September 1, 2006, a winner of a Group 2 race 3lb; of a group 1 race 5lb; Entries closed June 20, entries revealed June 27 (39 entries); six-day confirmation stage July 6; declaration stage 10.00am, Tuesday, July 10, 2007; Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including the racing of Tuesday, June 26, 2007.

Class 1, Group 2, £90,000 total prize fund, 1m 4f, Suffolk Stakes Course, 3.10pm, Thursday, July 12, 2007; for three-year-olds and upwards; Weights: 3-y-o colts and geldings 8st 3lb; fillies 8st; 4-y-o and up colts and geldings 9st 2lb; fillies 8st 13lb; Penalties: after September 1, 2006, a winner of a Group 2 race 3lb; of a group 1 race 5lb; Entries closed June 20, entries revealed June 27 (39 entries); six-day confirmation stage July 6; declaration stage 10.00am, Tuesday, July 10, 2007; Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including the racing of Tuesday, June 26, 2007.

From Horse Age Owner Trainer

From Horse Age Owner Trainer

313-524 ADMIRAL'S CRUISE (USA) 5 Joe Allbritton Brian Meehan

01-(0)526 ALFIE FLITS 5 Dom Flit Alan Swinbank

21024-1 ASK 4 Patrick Fahey Sir Michael Stoute

(1)-(1)(1)211 BOSCOBEL 3 Sheikh Mohammed Mark Johnston

13-(2)310 CHAMPERY (USA) 3 Sheikh Mohammed Mark Johnston

1631-40 CHERRY MIX (FR) 6 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

402-500 CORRIOLANUS (GER) 7 Dubai Thoroughbred Racing Andrew Balding

361426 DIAMOND QUEST (SAF) 6 Rose Leheup Andrew Balding

231214 ERADICATE (IRE) 3 Alan Spence Mark Johnston

1-1120S FORMAL DECREE (GER) 4 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

140-335 FOXHAVEN 5 Ann Jenkins Patrick Chamings

5-10 HARLAND 3 Sheikh Mohammed Michael Jarvis

5-51230 HEARTHSTEAD MAISON (IRE) 3 Hearthstead Homes Ltd Mark Johnston

26-6311 IVY CREEK (USA) 4 Mollers Racing Geoff Wragg

251-250 LAVEROCK (IRE) 5 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

1/21113- LINAS SELECTION 4 Renata Jacobs Mark Johnston

34-14 LION SANDS 3 Stronach Stables Luca Cumani

2(1)142 LUCARNO (USA) 3 George Strawbridge John Gosden

5134-23 MASHAAHED 4 Hamdan Al Maktoum Barry Hills

12140-2 MONT ETOILE (IRE) 4 Tony Hirschfeld, Des Scott, Lester Piggott William Haggas

22-5131 MOUNTAIN HIGH (IRE) 5 Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor Sir Michael Stoute

325-361 MUNSEF 5 Hamdan Al Maktoum John Dunlop

0105-45 PAPAL BULL 4 Sue Magnier, Derrick Smith & Michael Tabor Sir Michael Stoute

1-120 RAINCOAT 3 Khalid Abdulla John Gosden

4120-10 REGIME (IRE) 3 Highclere Thoroughbred Racing XL Michael Bell

004520 ROAD TO LOVE (IRE) 4 Grant Mercer Mark Johnston

521/6-24 SHAHIN (USA) 4 Hamdan Al Maktoum Marcus Tregoning

210-466 SIR PERCY 4 Anthony Pakenham Marcus Tregoning

3116-10 SIXTIES ICON 4 Susan Roy Jeremy Noseda

121115- SOAPY DANGER 4 Renata Jacobs Mark Johnston

0115 SPICE ROUTE 3 Gilly Rowland-Clark & Kevin Mercer Michael Bell

021-(0)01 STAGE GIFT (IRE) 4 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

3(1)4-(1)30 STEPPE DANCER (IRE) 4 Chris van Hoorn Denis Coakley

634-651 SUDAN (IRE) 4 Gary Tanaka Michael Jarvis

1-240 SUPERSONIC DAVE (USA) 3 Roldvale Limited Brian Meehan

15112-6 TAM LIN 4 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

1224/5-2 THE GEEZER 5 Godolphin Saeed bin Suroor

536-346 UNDER THE RAINBOW 4 Bill Gredley Barry Hills

121-335 YOUMZAIN (IRE) 4 Jaber Abdullah Mick Channon

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