Royal Ascot 2017 – Andre Fabre’s Cloth Of Stars set to run in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes

ANDRE FABRE is likely to send a small but select team of three over from France for Royal Ascot.

That team looks likely to be headed by Cloth Of Stars who has been in great form this season winning a Group 3 at Saint-Cloud, a Group 2 at Chantilly and the Group 1 Prix Ganay.

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Fabre is set to send him for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes.

“Cloth Of Stars will be going to Ascot,” said Fabre.

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“I won’t have many runners there. It’s possible Usherette will be supplemented for the Duke of Cambridge.

“I’ll also take Le Brivido for the Jersey Stakes. He was only just caught by (subsequent Prix du Jockey Club winner) Brametot in the Guineas and seven furlongs should suit.”

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One horse not on the Ascot team is Al Wukair, third to Churchill in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket.

He was forced to miss the Prix du Jockey Club with a late setback.

“He’s not too bad and will resume work on Tuesday,” said Fabre.

“It was the equivalent of a twisted ankle, I suppose – not serious, but just bad timing.

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“He won’t go to Ascot but he could go for the Prix Jean Prat in July.”

Al Wukair was narrowly denied in the French Guineas by Brametot and the same fate befell Fabre in the French Derby on Sunday as Waldgeist was caught in the dying strides.

Fabre said: "I would think the Irish Derby is a good option for him.

"He took a big step forward from his first run of the year."