Duntle ready for Beverly D test The David Wachman-trained Duntle heads the European challenge in the Beverly D Stakes after being beaten just over two lengths behind Elusive Kate in the Prix Rothschild. She has been campaigned up to a mile so far but will be trying a trip just short of 10 furlongs in America. Alan Cooper, racing manager for owner the Flaxman Stables Ireland, said: "Duntle is in good form. David tells me she travelled over very well and that she came out of quarantine in good shape. "It will be her first time going beyond a mile. It's a Grade One race, but she has got the credentials and we will see if she gets luck in running. "It would be great if she gets the win at the top level." The Sir Michael Stoute-trained Dank and Paul Cole's Gifted Girl also take their chances, with the latter arriving in excellent form having won an Ascot handicap and a Pontefract Listed race, as well as finishing second in a Group Three, so far this year. "She is doing great. She seems very happy and comfortable here. I think she belongs and will run well," said Cole's son and assistant Oliver. "She shouldn't have lost at Epsom, but she didn't take the ground well. At Ascot she could have won by 10 and she won her last race easily. "She's a good filly - a very good filly. The form is there, she just has to do it now." "I think she'll be a big price. I love her chances here." As well as Guest Of Honour in the feature event, Botti saddles Dandino in the American St Leger, a race he won with Jakkalberry last year. The six-year-old has been holding his own in Pattern company in recent years but dips to conditions level for this richly-endowed race. Lucie Botti said: "I think they both (Dandino and Jakkalberry) are similar because they ship very well, the travel very well in their races and they place themselves easily and can be midfield or come from the back - it doesn't really matter "Both are genuine horses. Obviously Dandino has been with us only since January, so we are still learning about him, but I think there's very little difference, except that Dandino is very kind and sweet and Jakkalberry isn't. "Dandino is a proper gentleman, while Jakkalberry is feisty. I don't know who is better, at this stage." After his American run, Dandino is set to head to Australia for a run in the Caulfield Cup before tackling the Melbourne Cup. Noseda also has a second runner in action as he pitches Ascot handicap winner Yeager into Grade One company in the Secretariat Stakes. "Yeager is a horse that we liked through the spring and felt that he possessed some quality. He has taken his time to start showing me what I expected but I feel the addition of a tongue-tie has brought a big improvement in his performance," said Noseda. "I have been delighted with him since his Ascot win and his work suggests he is more than capable of doing himself justice in a race such as Saturday's." Andy Oliver runs First Cornerstone in that event while Alain de Royer-Dupre fields Visiyani.
