SANDALS WAS A SHOE-IN FROM VERY EARLY ON

HARRY EUSTACE'S fine Royal Ascot continued when Time For Sandals blazed her way to Commonwealth Cup glory.

- BY NICK GRANT

The handler struck for the first time in Group One company with Docklands in the Queen Anne Stakes and wasted little time doubling that tally with a filly who was registering just a second career victory - and first since her debut last year.

Sent off at 25-1 in the hands of Richard Kingscote, she cruised to the front on the far side with a furlong to run and showed great resolve to edge out Arizona Blaze by a neck with the supplemented Rayevka half a length further back.