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Trainer has strong hand in Ascot handicap feature.
Richard Hannon's trio of Oh This Is Us , Motakhayyel and Mums Tipple head the weights for Saturday's Moet & Chandon International Stakes at Ascot.
A maximum field of 29 can line up and following the confirmation stage, there are still 37 engaged.
Motakhayyel would be carry a 3lb penalty should he run but given how impressive he was in the Bunbury Cup recently, he would still be 6lb well in from his new mark of 118.
Accidental Agent could be back out again quickly for Eve Johnson Houghton after he returned to winning ways for the first time since his Queen Anne victory in June 2018 at Newmarket on Saturday.
The likes of Escobar, Raising Sand and Ropey Guest are regulars in these type of events and could all run once more.
In the Princess Margaret Keeneland Stakes, Stuart Williams' Desert Dreamer sets a fair standard.
She has been narrowly beaten at Newmarket the last twice, most recently in the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes behind Sandrine.
Hannon's System finished in front of Desert Dreamer in the Empress Stakes and is entitled to be in the mix also.
George Boughey's Oscula and Andrew Balding's Nymphadora, along with Archie Watson's Nazanin are among the others.
The Pat Eddery Stakes has 17 entries including Roger Fell's Eldrickjones, a 66-1 second in the Coventry Stakes but only fifth in the July Stakes.
Tom Dascombe's Mr McCann, owned by a group of Liverpool players, and Charlie Appleby's New Science, impressive when beating Reach For The Moon on debut but disappointing in the Chesham, could also take their chance.
