32 Remain In Darley Dewhurst Stakes A total of 32 horses stand their ground for the #250,000 Group One Darley Dewhurst Stakes on Champions´ Day, Saturday, October 15, following the latest forfeit stage, details of which are announced today.Aidan O´Brien, who won the prestigious race in 2001 with Rock Of Gibraltar, boasts a 10-strong entry headed by the 2006 ante-post favourite for the 2000 Guineas, George Washington. The Danehill colt could bid for a Group One hat-trick in the seven-furlong event, following victories in the Phoenix Stakes and the National Stakes, both run at the Curragh.Horatio Nelson and Ivan Denisovich could also represent O´Brien´s Ballydoyle stable. Horatio Nelson took the Group Three Weatherbys Superlative Stakes from Leo over the same distance on Newmarket´s July Course before adding the Group Two Futurity Stakes at the Curragh. Ivan Denisovich won the Group Two TNT July Stakes and subsequently ran second to Silca´s Sister in the Group One Prix Morny at Deauville.Marcus Tregoning´s Sir Percy could put his unbeaten record on the line. The Mark Of Esteem colt took the step up to Group Two company in his stride when winning the Veuve Clicquot Vintage Stakes at Goodwood on July 27 and may bid to give his trainer his first Darley Dewhurst Stakes success.Mark Johnston took last year´s renewal with the top-rated juvenile Shamardal, winner of two French classics this year, and the Middleham trainer has two possible contenders. Prince Of Light won the Group 3 32Red.com Sirenia Stakes on his latest start at Newmarket on September 3, while Atlantic Waves was an impressive winner of a seven-furlong Leicester maiden on his sole outing.Andre Fabre landed the race three times in the 1990s with the formidable trio of Zafonic, Pennekamp and Xaar. Chantilly winner Wild Sunday could represent the French handler. Barry Hills, another three-time winner of this race, may rely on his Coventry Stakes hero Red Clubs and Killybegs. The unbeaten Primary could give David Loder a Group One swan-song in his final season training. There is a #15,000 supplementary entry stage for the Darley Dewhurst Stakes on October 10.
