My Titania goes for her Coronation My Titania finally begins her three-year-old campaign in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot on Friday. The John Oxx-trained daughter of Sea The Stars rounded off her juvenile year with a Group Three triumph at the Curragh, but missed the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket after a late setback and skipped the Curragh version on account of the testing conditions. As a result, she makes her seasonal reappearance in Berkshire and jockey Declan McDonogh admits only time will tell whether she is up to this level. He said: "She's in good shape, the boss is happy with her and she's working well, so we're looking forward to it. She has her ground, which is a big plus, and we'll find out where we stand. It's a step up in class for her. She's won a Group Three and now we're hoping she can match up against the best, but you never really know until you try. It's a big step forward. Hopefully she's up to it." My Titania is joined on the trip from Ireland by Aidan O'Brien's Tapestry, who finished tailed off when favourite for the 1000 Guineas and aims to bounce back. Her big-race-jockey Joseph O'Brien said: "We hope you can put a line through Newmarket. We had a couple of different reasons as to what happened. We haven't done much with her, we've freshened her up and she seems to be working nicely. She's done a couple of half-speeds and went really well, she seems to be in good form. "I thought she handled the track well at Newmarket and going down to the three (furlong marker) I was going quite nicely but she just flattened out quite quickly. She's back in great form, she's fresh, has put on plenty of weight and we're hoping she can come back to her two-year-old form. If she did, she'd have to be there or thereabouts." Olly Stevens is confident dual 1000 Guineas runner-up Lightning Thunder remains at the top of her game ahead of the Coronation. The Dutch Art filly ran a fantastic race when narrowly denied by Miss France at Newmarket and proved that effort was no fluke when runner-up at the Curragh. Her trainer said: "She's in really good form and has done well since Ireland. She doesn't look like a filly who has run in two Classics and seems fresh and well. The Coronation has always been her aim - she had a complication during the winter and was not supposed to even make the Guineas. "Fast ground and not hitting the front too soon are her ideal conditions and I think the round course at Ascot should suit her perfectly. I guess the worry is she could be exposed to a less-exposed filly who perhaps missed the Classics, went for something smaller and is now stepping up in class. "Having said that, she's run two fantastic races and I think she deserves to win one. We are trying to keep our feet on the ground as there are a lot of good fillies in the race, including some like Kiyoshi who have fresh legs, and it looks like a very open race. But obviously I am fairly besotted by my filly." Moyglare Stud Stakes winner Rizeena failed to live up to expectations on the Rowley Mile last month after an excellent juvenile campaign. She was due to head to the Curragh, but was ruled out after she was found to have a trickle of blood coming from her nose following exercise late in her preparation. Trainer Clive Brittain said: "She's all set to go and she's in very good form, so we are looking for her to bounce back to her best. She couldn't be in better health and her work has been good. She was working well before the Guineas and it surprised us how she ran there. "She's won twice on fast ground at Ascot on the straight track and has won going right-handed at the Curragh, so we're looking forward to it."
