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Debate bids for King`s double

Nuclear Debate has been handed the plum draw on the stands` side as he bids to repeat last year`s success in the King`s Stand Stakes on tomorrow`s opening day of Royal Ascot.

John Hammond`s French raider will come out of stall one in contrast to last year when he swept down the middle of the track from stall 22 to land the 23-runner Group Two contest under Gerald Mosse.

Mosse again has the mount 12 months on with Japanese rider Yutaka Take - who finished a never-nearer third on the six-year-old last time out at Sandown - switched to ride stablemate Imperial Beauty.

Sir Mark Prescott gives his unbeaten filly Danehurst her first outing of the season.

The speedy daughter of Danehill bolted up in the Cornwallis Stakes at Newbury on her final start, beating Fromsong by two and a half lengths, and will be a tough nut to crack despite her inexperience.

The Godolphin operation is represented by Bertolini while Aidan O`Brien runs Ishiguru and Dietrich, the latter being the mountof stable jockey Michael Kinane.