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'We'll pay the £70,000 and roll the dice' - Dylan Cunha set for first Champions Day runner

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Dylan Cunha: Newmarket trainer is set for his first Champions Day runnerCredit: Edward Whitaker

Dylan Cunha is set to saddle his first ever runner on Qipco British Champions Day with connections planning to pay £70,000 to add Prague to the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

The prospect of adding the four-year-old to the field for the mile showpiece was raised in the wake of his easy win in the Group 2 Joel Stakes at Newmarket last month.

The keen-going Prague was given his head down the centre of the Rowley Mile by Danny Tudhope that day and looked sure to have blown his chance, but he kept up the gallop all the way to the line to defeat Poker Face by three and three-quarter lengths.

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