CALANDA HAS ONLY GAN AND DONE IT

CALANDAGAN ran true in the heat of battle to give trainer Francis Graffard back-to-back triumphs in Ascot's King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

- DAVID YATES

A defeat by Jan Brueghel in the Coronation Cup at Epsom caused some onlookers to question the fouryear-old's stomach for the fight.

The loss had been Calandagan's fourth in a row at the highest level, a sequence that ended with a Group 1 success in the Grand Prix de SaintCloud four weeks ago.