Australian sprinter Star Witness will stay in England to contest next month's July Cup after finishing third to Society Rock in the Golden Jubilee.Star Witness finished second to Prohibit in the King's Stand Stakes on Tuesday and was leading inside the final 400 metres in Saturday's race but was agonisingly reeled in by Society Rock and Monsieur Chevalier.The last Australian horse to compete in all three races was Takeover Target, who in 2006 won the King's Stand Stakes before finishing third in

Australian sprinter Star Witness will stay in England to contest next month's July Cup after finishing third to Society Rock in the Golden Jubilee.

Star Witness finished second to Prohibit in the King's Stand Stakes on Tuesday and was leading inside the final 400 metres in Saturday's race but was agonisingly reeled in by Society Rock and Monsieur Chevalier.

The last Australian horse to compete in all three races was Takeover Target, who in 2006 won the King's Stand Stakes before finishing third in the Golden Jubilee and seventh at Newmarket.

"I brought him over with the intention of running him three times so I would think we would go for the July Cup now," trainer Danny O'Brien said.

"This horse is really enjoying Newmarket and we are enjoying being part of the big races over the summer."

O'Brien also pointed out Star Witness had to remain in England until the end of next month making the July Cup more enticing.

Choisir, the trailblazer for the Australian assaults on Royal Ascot, won the 2003 King's Stand and the Golden Jubilee before running second to Oasis Dream in the July Cup.

The ground for the Golden Jubilee was the softest Star Witness had encountered since running third at Caulfield in August last year.

His jockey Steven Arnold was quick to underline the conditions as the reason for defeat.

"He travelled like the winner beneath me going into the last 400 metres. Inside the last 100 though he just was bottomed out, he felt gassed and the last 50 was a real struggle," Arnold said.

"I think I'd attribute our defeat to the testing ground and in conditions like that you really need a horse that can get 1400 metres.

"The horse ran really well and that's the game. You win some and you lose a lot."

Society Rock maintained a fine tradition of becoming the fourth winner at big odds in six years.

The four-year-old was handed a pre-race quote of 25-1, having chased Starspangledbanner home 12 months ago in the same race.

"I am absolutely thrilled with the horse because he was slightly forgotten last year when he was second and then he was never right afterwards," said victorious trainer, James Fanshawe, who saddled Deacon Blues to victory in the Wokingham Stakes 40 minutes later.

Society Rock's job was made significantly easier when Delegator was scratched from the race in the morning due to the soft going.

The Godolphin colt was the 11-2 third favourite but trainer Saeed Bin Suroor decided to save him until the July Cup, the third leg of the Global Sprint Challenge.

Where Aidan O'Brien's So You Think had been eclipsed by Godolphin's Rewilding in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes on Wednesday, the Irishman made little mistake in the Hardwicke Stakes won in impressive style by Await The Dawn.

Godolphin ran three in the race, Passion For Gold, Calvados Blues and Campanologist but none could land a blow as Await The Dawn galloped into the picture for the Breeders' Cup Classic.

Await The Dawn's sire, Giant's Causeway, famously lost to Tiznow in a brutal showdown at Churchill Downs for O'Brien in 2000 and he was looking forward to gaining compensation for that defeat back in Kentucky.

"We always dreamt that he could be a Breeders' Cup Classic horse," said O'Brien.

"That was the plan but we will see where he goes next. He's like his dad, he is a big fellow, a big rangy horse. The dream lives on."