Yeats to face eight Gold Cup rivals Yeats will face two former stablemates, three Godolphin representatives and his old foe Geordieland after a field of nine was declared for the Group 1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot on Thursday. The triple Gold Cup winner is joined by Washington Irving and Hindu Kush, once of Ballydoyle but now trained by Howard Johnson and David Nicholls respectively, the Godolphin trio of EasternAnthem, Sagara and Veracity. Joining them and Geordieland, runner up to Yeats in 2007 and 2008, are Centennial and Patkai. Yeats remains the 9-4 favourite from Patkai and Geordieland bracketed on the 3-1 mark. s remains the 9-4 favourite from Patkai and Geordieland bracketed on the 3-1 mark.
