Supplemented Notable Speech Features Among 16 July Cup Contenders

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Last year's 2,000 Guineas winner Notable Speech heads a list of 16 contenders for Saturday's G1 Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai July Cup at Newmarket, after being supplemented on Monday at a cost of £36,000.

Trained by Charlie Appleby, Notable Speech has raced exclusively over a mile in his 10 career starts to date, with last year's G1 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood featuring among his other significant victories.

Last seen finishing fourth in the G1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, the son of Dubawi now faces a two-furlong drop in distance, having impressed his connections in a recent piece of work.

Godolphin posted on social media on Monday, “Update from Moulton Paddocks: Following a very pleasing piece of work over the weekend, the decision has been made to supplement Dubawi's 2,000 Guineas hero Notable Speech for the G1 July Cup @NewmarketRace.”

Notable Speech is one of two supplementary entries for the July Cup made by Godolphin, along with the John and Thady Gosden-trained Spy Chief (Kingman), who produced a career-best effort when filling the runner-up spot in the G3 Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot last time.

Symbol Of Honour (Havana Grey) could also represent Appleby and Godolphin, following his success in the G2 Sandy Lane Stakes at Haydock, while Whistlejacket (No Nay Never), Big Mojo (Mohaather) and Ides Of March (Wootton Bassett) will also be trying to land a blow for the three-year-olds in the first big clash of the generations in this division.

That trio all contested the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot, with Whistlejacket finishing one place ahead of Big Mojo in sixth as stablemate Ides Of March came home towards the rear of the field.

Andrew Balding's Flora Of Bermuda (Dark Angel) is among the market leaders after her third-place finish in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. The first two from that Group 1, Lazzat and Satono Reve, will be missing from Saturday's July Cup, but five of the next six look set to be in action at Newmarket, with Iberian (Lope De Vega), Jasour (Havana Grey), Inisherin (Shamardal) and Run To Freedom (Muhaarar) all trying to turn the tables on Flora Of Bermuda.

Wathnan Racing, the owners of Flora Of Bermuda, could be represented by up to three runners with Night Raider (Dark Angel) and Rogue Lightning (Kodiac) also in the mix, while this year's G1 Al Quoz Sprint heroine Believing (Mehmas) is set to make her final appearance on a racecourse for George Boughey.

The potential field is completed by the Richard Hughes-trained No Half Measures (Cable Bay) and Richard Spencer's Twilight Calls (Twilight Son).

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