JOHN Gosden has suffered a couple of hammer blows with top-class colts Terrestrial and Clearing being struck down on the gallops recently.

But Crystal Music can give the trainer a deal of compensation in the £250,000 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot tomorrow.

She will face tough competition in the Group One contest over a mile, including English and French 1000 Guineas heroines, Ameerat and Rose Gypsy.

But Gosden's filly should come to the race cherry ripe after her excellent second in the Irish equivalent behind Imagine last time.

And the daughter of Nureyev, winner of the Fillies' Mile over course anddistance on her final start last season, did well to finish fourth in Ameerat's race as she had had an interrupted preparation for the race and confidence was not high in the stable beforehand.

She pulled pretty hard early and was denied a clear run, having to be switched to make her challenge from the back of the field. Her run petered out though and she could only keep on at the same pace inside the last. But that performance smacked of a filly in need of the outing and she also returned with an injury to her near-hind hoof for her troubles.

She duly looked much sharper in Ireland behind Aidan O'Brien's subsequent Oaks winner on ground very much on the soft side for her liking.

Ameerat should again go well for trainer Michael Jarvis but she may have to settle for second place this time around as Crystal Music finally hits a winning note to put a smile back on the face of her Manton handler.

Forgive a bad run and take a chance on Gosden's one-time Vodafone Derby hope Theatre Script in the opening King Edward VII Stakes.

The Robert Sangster-owned Theatrical colt raced only once as a juvenile but created a really good impression when winning a mile maiden at Doncaster.

He ran very green in the opening stages and gave away any amount of ground early on, but once he twigged what was required he picked up in eye-catching fashion to win as he liked. Perfect Sunday, who finished eight at Epsom, and the useful Dawari were behind him at Town Moor.

Theatre Script's return to action this season was disappointing as he never looked likely to be a factor at the business end of a Listed event at Newmarket in May, being outpaced when the tempo quickened in the 10-furlong contest.

He is likely to prove much better than that and can make up for lost time here with the step up to a mile and a half and the fast ground in his favour.

Mutafaweq put up a really brave performance to land the Coronation Cup at Epsom and he looks the one for the Hardwicke Stakes.

Frankie Dettori dictated a steady early pace before quickening matters three furlongs from home and Mutafaweq showed all the stamina and guts that landed him the St Leger in 1999.

The way the race was run perhaps played into his hands but he had some class animals behind him and this tough colt will not go down without a fight.

Ed Dunlop's Deep Space looks to have been primed to repeat his 1999 victory in the Wokingham Handicap having ran a cracker when finishing best of all over the minimum trip last time in the Vodafone Dash.

He was not given a hard race at York the time before that and was denied a clear run when an eased-down eighth on his seasonal bow.