Confirmed runners and riders for the Ascot Gold Cup

A total of eight runners have been confirmed for the Group 1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot on Thursday.

Last year's Queen's Vase winner Illinois is the star attraction for the main event at Royal Ascot and Aidan O'Brien will be hoping that he proves to be an able substitute for the recently-retired Kyprios.

William Buick will be on board last year's runner-up Trawlerman who returned to form with a Group 3 success at Sandown last month.

The Francis Graffard-trained Candelari, who was a Group 1 winner at Longchamp last time out, has been declared along with last year's Doncaster Cup winner Sweet William.

Trueshan and Jan Brughel have both been withdrawn at the declarations stage, with the rest of the field made up by Coltraine, Dubai Future, Wonder Legend and Yashin.

Ascot Gold Cup Runners and Riders

There are eight confirmed runners for the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

• Coltrane (Oisin Murphy)
• Dubai Future (James McDonald)
• Sweet William (Robert Havlin)
• Trawlerman (William Buick)
• Wonder Legend (Danny Muscutt)
• Yashin (Callum Shepherd)
• Candelari (Mickael Barzalona)
• Illinois (Ryan Moore)

Matt Gibbs

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