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Duty set to skip Royal Ascot

Special Duty, who created her own unique piece of history earlier in the season by being awarded two Classics in the stewards' room, is an unlikely starter in the Coronation Stakes next week.

The Prince Khalid Abdullah-owned three-year-old is likely to skip Royal Ascot and instead wait for the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket on July 7.

"I think at the moment it (the Coronation) is unlikely," said Abdullah's racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe.

"She did have a hard race in the French Guineas and it is more likely that she'll head for the Falmouth at Newmarket's July meeting rather than the Coronation," he told At The Races.

Criquette Head-Maarek's filly benefited at the expense of Henry Cecil's Jacqueline Quest at Newmarket in the English 1000 Guineas and Francois Rohaut's Liliside in the French version