Royal Ascot 2012: forgotten hero So You Think can restore his reputation in the Prince of Wales's Stakes However, this situation is expected to change when the much-travelled former Australian champion lines up in Wednesday's 150th Anniversary of Prince of Wales's Stakes, a race in which he finished runner-up last year. I believe So You Think and his young partner, 19-year-old Derby-winning jockey Joseph O'Brien, can land this prestige race, to re-establish the horse's reputation at the hghest level. His danger is the Queen's Carlton House, who would be a popular winner in Diamond Jubilee year. Aidan O'Brien has never made any secret of the fact that they have been on a constant learning curve with So You Think since he joined Ballydoyle from Bart Cummings 18 months ago. "We're really only getting to know him now," he admitted. In all probability, this will be So You Think's penultimate race, though if he were to win well, the option to retire and prepare him for stud duties later in the year would become attractive. The other race on the radar this campaign is the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park next month. What I found attractive about So You Think's most recent outing, when winning at the Curragh, was the way he relaxed and settled in the middle stages. His opposition was not strong, but it was the way he did it when asked that was pleasing. So You Think's trademark "forelock" has been allowed grow back. O'Brien recently commented: "I have never known a horse to have a mane and tail grow so quickly." The Prince Of Wales's field has been weakened by the defection of Cirrus Des Aigles, winner of the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot last October. Connections have opted for the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in Paris on Sunday, which means the gelding can prepare for next month's King George over the same mile-and-a-half distance. Carlton House looked in great heart as he went through a gap and sailed on to victory in the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown Park last month. He had been off the scene since the Irish Derby of the previous year. Niggling problems had kept him on the sidelines, according to trainer Sir Michael Stoute.