With Roger Varian trainee Eydon (Ire) (Olden Times {GB}) scratched from Epsom's G1 Cazoo Derby on Wednesday afternoon, the remaining 17 contenders all stood their ground at Thursday morning's declaration stage. Sir Michael Stoute seeks a sixth Blue Riband with Saeed Suhail's undefeated G2 Dante S. winner Desert Crown (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) and the TDN Rising Star will depart from the 12 box. Godolphin's supplementary entry Nations Pride (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) has been allocated stall five with stablemate Walk of Stars (GB) (Frankel {GB}) set to start from stall nine. Ballydoyle's trio of Stone Age (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who will be partnered by Ryan Moore, Star of India (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who is the mount of Seamie Heffernan and Changingoftheguard (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) with Wayne Lordan on board have drawn gates four, 15 and 16, respectively.
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