Pleascach main attraction in Ribblesdale Jim Bolger's star filly Pleascach headlines 14 contenders for the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot on Thursday. The daughter of Teofilo, recently snapped up by Godolphin, has won three of her five career starts and hit the jackpot last time out when beating Found in the Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh. A strong Irish representation in the mile-and-a-half contest also features the David Wachman-trained Curvy, who got the better of Derby fourth Giovanni Canaletto in the Gallinule Stakes and has been added to the field at a cost of £15,000. Aidan O'Brien has left in Words, Wedding Vow and Outstanding, with John Joseph Murphy's Hot Sauce another for Ireland. John Gosden is triple-handed through the supplemented once-raced Newmarket winner Gretchen, as well as Entertainment and Zamoura, second and third respectively in the Cheshire Oaks. Pamona (Luca Cumani), Pandora (Charlie Hills) and Yarrow (Sir Michael Stoute) are others to note.
