HIGH STAKES

Willie Mullins' charge is Reaching for the stars

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THE opening heat of the royal meeting at Ascot is the Queen Anne Stakes run over the straight mile, where NOTABLE SPEECH (2.30) will carry my each-way wonga around the 11-2 mark from an ideal stall six of 10 position.

Last year's 2,000 Guineas hero was badly in need of the run on his seasonal reappearance at Newbury a month ago, but he has come on the proverbial ton for that spin and he will bounce off the fast terrain.

Joseph O'Brien's ANDAB (3.05) looked a top-class juvenile when bolting up at the Curragh in May on his debut, and both the second and fourth have won since.

He was third to Albert Einstein - who would have been a short-priced favourite here if injury had not ruled him out - in a Group Three affair at the same track and must be backed at around 16-1 in the Coventry Stakes over six furlongs.