THE Japanese-trained A Shin Hikari demolished eight top class rivals in Tuesday’s Prix d’Ispahan at Chantilly and has now been made the 5/2 favourite for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot on June 15th.

The son of Deep Impact was winning the second Group 1 victory of his career.Veteran crack jockey Yutaka Take came over from the US to partner A Shin Tikari in the d’Ispahan.