O'Brien eyes Coronation Cup

Golf: Aidan O'Brien has yet to win the £300,000 Vodafone Coronation Cup but he has entered last year's Vodafone Derby hero High…

Golf: Aidan O'Brien has yet to win the £300,000 Vodafone Coronation Cup but he has entered last year's Vodafone Derby hero High Chaparral and the runner-up Hawk Wing for the June 6th race at Epsom.

Milan, winner of the 2001 St Leger, Black Sam Bellamy and High Chaparral's lead horse Ice Dancer complete the Ballydoyle team.

Godolphin dominate the entries for the race with no less than 11 possible entries.

The challenge from the Saeed bin Suroor yard is headed by last year's French Derby winner Sulamani, who already has success in the Group One Dubai Sheema Classic to his credit this season.

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Godolphin will be looking for a third win in the Coronation Cup after Daylami in 1999 and Mutafaweq in 2001, and World Racing Series champion Grandera, a three-time Group One winner last season, is also among their squad.

Irish St Leger second Pugin, Arc fourth Califet, Vodafone Derby fifth Fight Your Corner, Highdown, St Leger second Highest, Mamool, Milstreet, Narrative and Sights On Gold complete the Godolphin entry.

The Mark Johnston-trained Bandari, last season's St Leger third, is another being targeted at the mile and a half contest. "He's done well over the winter and put on quite a lot of weight which is what we wanted and he's looking better than ever at the moment," said Johnston.

The 11-year-old Yavana's Pace, who last year became the oldest horse to win a European Group One, has also been entered by Johnston.