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STOUTE CALM OVER SEA CHANCE.

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Sir Michael Stoute is "hopeful rather than confident" of securing his sixth King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes triumph with Sea Moon at Ascot.

The four-year-old scrambled home when long odds-on for his seasonal reappearance at Goodwood, but was far more impressive in the Hardwicke Stakes.

"It's a very competitive renewal, that's for sure - Nathaniel, St Nicholas Abbey and there are others too who are very decent Group One horses," Stoute told Sky Sports News.

ABBEY ON ROAD TO ASCOT.

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St Nicholas Abbey attempts to go two better than last year in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

Aidan O'Brien's five-year-old had to settle for minor money behind the reopposing Nathaniel 12 months ago but was a scintillating winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf at the end of the campaign and landed his second Coronation Cup at Epsom when last sighted.

The trainer's son and jockey, Joseph, said: "It's a good race and we're looking forward to it. He won well the last time and he seems to be in good enough form."