12 Head For Gold Glory Cover Up is the only defection at the final declaration stage for the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot on Thursday.Sir Michael Stoute's nine-year-old has swerved the two-mile-four-furlong contest in preference to a likely tilt at the Queen Alexandra Stakes on Saturday.Stoute is still responsible for market leader Distinction, however, who who heads a field of 12 runners in the Group One race ? won last year by Westerner.The admirable Sergeant Cecil also stands his ground for Rod Millman, while Reefscape takes his chance for French maestro Andre Fabre.Tungsten Strike returns to the track following his recent Henry II Stakes success, with 2002 Melbourne Cup winner Media Puzzle set to run for Dermot Weld.Aidan O'Brien is responsible for 2005 Coronation Cup hero Yeats, while Akarem has been supplemented by Karl Burke to the tune of £18,000.New Godolphin inmate Guadalajara makes his debut for Saeed bin Suroor and will be having his first outing since October 2005.Winged D'Argent, Motafarred, Barolo and High Action complete the line-up.? PA Sport
