Sweet Lightning could strike at Royal Ascot Sweet Lightning heads the weights and 81 entries for next Wednesday's Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot. Now in the care of Johnny Murtagh, the Irish Lincolnshire winner is set to carry 9-10 in the mile handicap for which Dance And Dance and last year's winner Prince Of Johanne head the ante-post markets. Elusive Time, Moran Gra, Tandem and Burn The Boats could also make the journey from Ireland while South African trainer Mike De Kock could be represented by David Livingston. "We hadn't really looked at the race properly until quite recently, but he is a horse who has come to hand at the right time and he is a likely runner," said De Kock. Fast Or Free, who hasn't been sighted since winning the Britannia at last year's Royal Ascot, is a notable absentee but the other leading candidates have stood their ground.
