Opulence Thoroughbreds is still in its infancy as a syndicate and their flagship filly Royal Fixation (Palace Pier) has already struck gold for them by winning the Lowther, but a follow-up in Newmarket's G1 Tattersalls Sceptre Sessions Cheveley Park Stakes on Saturday would see her enter new territory. Having met with defeat once when runner-up to Venetian Sun in the Duchess of Cambridge, the Ed Walker-trained daughter of the burgeoning first-crop sire currently heads the market for the six-furlong joint-feature on the card and Opulence's racing and communications manager Ed Brown is convinced that is the right call.“I think she deserves to be favourite,” he said. “I've had the discussion with our owners already, but for a syndicate that has only been going five years she can be described as the horse of a lifetime. She's the ultimate professional at home, does everything right and I thought her run in the Lowther was exceptional.”“I got a video off Ed Walker four or five days later of her bucking and kicking,” he added. “He said that good horses come back to the yard after a race like nothing has ever happened and her preparation couldn't have gone any better. Whatever happens, this is likely to be her last run of the year. With a horse like this you might dream of the Breeders' Cup, but this has always been the aim and having never had a Group winner before the Lowther, this would cap a fantastic year for us.”Second to Royal Fixation at York was Jaber Abdullah's America Queen (Havana Grey) and she has strong claims of reversing it given that she was having only her second start there. Richard Hughes is expecting the progression that is obvious on paper. “She ran a bit green in the Lowther and Ryan [Moore] had to commit a tiny bit earlier than he ideally wanted to,” he said. “She has to find a length with Royal Fixation, but she has improved again and I expect them to be much closer together. She will definitely go close.”No renewal would be complete without strong Ballydoyle representation and in the Queen Mary and Railway winner and Phoenix Stakes runner-up True Love (No Nay Never) and the Airlie Stud Stakes winner and Moyglare runner-up Beautify (Wootton Bassett), with the latter treading the same path as last year's winner Lake Victoria.A Different Approach To The Middle Park?Newmarket's other Group 1 jewel is the Tattersalls Middle Park Stakes, where Godolphin's Prix Morny third Wise Approach (Mehmas) looks to hold the aces. Second to Charles Darwin in the Norfolk before slamming the subsequent Gimcrack runner-up Rock On Thunder in the Listed Rose Bowl at Newbury, the half-brother to the 2021 Middle Park winner Perfect Power made the biggest move in a red-hot renewal of the Deauville highlight only to pay for it at the business end.William Buick will be tasked with employing that dramatic acceleration later in the piece here, but interestingly for one of Charlie Appleby's he has never raced at Newmarket and it is possible that the dip may not play to his strengths. The trainer is not dismissing that prospect out of hand. “The only negative I can give is the track,” he said. “I do feel he's a very slick horse and that was why I was keen for him to take his chance in the Prix Morny, I felt conditions there would suit him and the track would suit him.”“We'll always use the dip here as an excuse and I did think about bringing him up here and giving him a gallop, but I just felt we might treat him with the element of surprise on Saturday,” he added. “I didn't really think we'd be participating on Saturday, because I thought ground conditions would go against him and he is a horse that I feel wants quick ground. He's in great order, the ground is tightening up and I think if he produces anything like he did in the Prix Morny he's going to be hard to beat.”Behind in the Morny was David Armstrong's impressive Richmond winner Coppull (Bated Breath), but Clive Cox believes he had valid excuses for that flop. Cox said, “It was very fast in France and we were stuck on a wing and it just didn't work out at all. I think travelling in extreme heat on that occasion didn't help also. He's got a nice middle draw in five and I would hope he would have a competitive chance.”Aidan O'Brien attacks the race with the so-far disappointing TDN Rising Star Brussels (Wootton Bassett), the Flying Childers runner-up Kansas (Wootton Bassett) and possible pacemaker First Approach (No Nay Never), but it is Joseph whose colt has attracted the key market support this week. Second in the Round Tower on debut, the Owning Hill representative The Publican's Son (Beau Liam) is the race's unknown quantity and his trainer is hinting that he could be something special. “It's a big ask, obviously, but he's very fast and we feel he is potentially one who can cope with that jump,” he warned.All Set For Guineas And Derby PointersNewmarket's other Group race on Saturday is the G2 Tattersalls Online Royal Lodge Stakes, where two unexposed sons of Frankel in Action and Ancient Egypt tackle the unbeaten Listed Ascendant Stakes winner Bow Echo (Night Of Thunder) and the likes of Daytona (Wootton Bassett), Humidity (Ulysses) and Pacific Avenue (Dubawi) who have all excited at various stages.TDN Rising Star Bow Echo was impressive at Haydock last time and has continued to dazzle George Boughey and co in the interim. “The one piece of work he did was on the Rowley Mile and it was as impressive a bit of work we've had from a two-year-old,” he revealed. “It was nice to get some match practice, and he couldn't be in much better shape coming into his first Group 2 contest.”“He's the type of horse that if he can take this step up in grade, then the natural next step will be to work back from the 2,000 Guineas next year,” he added. “We'll likely keep him off the track for the rest of the season after this.”If Bow Echo is more one for the course-and-distance Classic next spring, then Amo Racing's 1.1million gns investment Ancient Egypt looks a Prix du Jockey Club/Derby prospect based on pedigree and style of his wins at Beverley and Goodwood. Charlie Johnston, whose father Mark won this four times including with the subsequent Guineas hero Mister Baileys in 1993, is keen to find out more.“I'm sure whatever he does this year, he will be a much better horse next year and he's only going to improve with time and distance,” he said. “But we felt this was the right next step for him in his progression and we wouldn't mind a few more with his potential through the door.”At The Curragh, the G2 Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club Beresford Stakes sees Newtown Anner Stud Farm's Futurity runner-up Geryon (Lope De Vega) taken on by a pair of Ballydoyle representatives in Hawk Mountain (Wootton Bassett) and Port Of Spain (St Mark's Basilica). The former, a son of Galileo 's starlet Hydrangea, has course-and-distance winning form and is bred to improve with each run.The post ‘Horse Of A Lifetime’ Royal Fixation Poised For Cheveley Park appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.