RACING: It is hard to get away from the chance of Somnus in the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot at York today.

The Tim Easterby-trained five-year-old is a class act, has won Group One events in each of the last two seasons and would be a popular big-race winner for the north on the final day of the illustrious meeting.

He also ran an eyecatching race on his seasonal reappearance on the Knavesmire when a close-up fourth in the Duke Of York Stakes in May.

Drying ground is a concern, but he does have form on good to firm and his class can see him through, with that run expected to have brought him on a ton.

It is hard to forget the memory of Doyen's sensational Hardwicke Stakes victory at this meeting 12 months ago and he is expected to land back-to-back runnings of the Group Two event.

The son of Sadler's Wells ended last season somewhat disappointingly, finding life difficult behind Azamour in the 10-furlong Irish Champion Stakes before failing to handle the very soft ground in Newmarket's Champion Stakes over the same trip.

Forgive him those runs and the Godolphin runner makes most appeal.