Yeats heads Gold Cup ten Yeats will face a maximum of nine rivals when seeking an unprecedented fourth victory in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot next Thursday. Aidan O'Brien reported the eight-year-old in good form earlier this week as he bids to bounce back from a disappointing reappearance at Navan in April, while leading the opposition is old foe Geordieland - twice runner-up to Yeats in this staying championship event. Jamie Osborne's grey showed battling qualities many thought he did not possess in the Henry II Stakes at Sandown when beating Patkai, who reopposes as he seeks another Royal success to add to his Queen's Vase from 12 months ago. Godolphin have three possibles to choose from in Coronation Cup also-ran Eastern Anthem, Sagara and Yorkshire Cup third Veracity. John Gosden could field Centennial, while David Nicholls' Hindu Kush, the Howard Johnson-trained Washington Irving and Barry Hills' Tastahil complete the ten entries.
