Guineas winner tops St James's field

Racing:  Irish 2000 Guineas winner Araafa will face 10 rivals in the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.

Racing:  Irish 2000 Guineas winner Araafa will face 10 rivals in the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.

Jeremy Noseda's three-year-old claimed a two-length success from George Washington at the Curragh and has held his ground at the final declaration stage for the first Group One race of the Royal meeting.

Kevin Prendergast's Decado and Mick Channon's Yasoodd, who finished third and fourth respectively in the Irish 2000 Guineas, again reoppose, while Nicolas Clement's highly-rated colt Stormy River takes his chance in the one-mile contest.

Aidan O'Brien is triple-handed with Ivan Denisovich, Marcus Andronicus and Arabian Prince, with Channon also saddling German 2000 Guineas winner Royal Power.

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The Peter Chapple-Hyam-trained Aeroplane, Italian Derby sixth Yarqus and David Simcock's Metropolitan Man complete the line-up.