Bach kept in Newbury feature A total of 16 horses remain in the Juddmonte Lockinge at the confirmation stage for the Group One feature at Newbury on Saturday.Last season`s Coral Eurobet Eclipse Stakes third Bach is Aidan O`Brien`s only representative.Mark Johnston, who has hit the headlines in recent weeks through his domination of Vodafone Derby trials with horses not entered for the Espom Classic, has a very interesting contender in Desert Deer.The Cadeaux Genereux four-year-old put in an eye-catching performance on his reappearance when he trotted up by nine lengths at Newmarket on Sagitta 2000 Guineas day.Godolphin, who took this race in 1998, 1999 and 2000, have four possibles in the shape of Best Of The Bests, Masterful, Noverre and Summoner.Sir Michael Stoute sent out Medicean to claim last year`s race and the Freemason Lodge handler relies on No Excuse Needed this time.Warningford and Swallow Flight, beaten a neck and the same by Medicean, represent James Fanshawe and Geoff Wragg respectively.Another interesting contender is Roger Charlton`s Frenchmans Bay.He finished third behind Golan in the 2000 Guineas last year when still a maiden before suffering injury problems.He duly lost his tag as `best maiden in training` when winning by five lengths at Kempton in April.
