Mukhadram is reckoned by the OH to have found 14lbs of improvement in the POW, and the 15 times raced Miblish 11lb, neither of which stand close scrutiny.
Declaration Of War is a strange one, as he was said to be "all about speed" after the Queen Anne (still holds a Nunthorpe entry, ffs), yet is here contesting the stiffest 10f gp1 of the season, and I just don't believe he's a serious player.
With The Fugue, it's not just a question of how far she finished behind in the POW, but of the actual intent going into the race. JG made it clear she'd come on for the run, and - though she always been a hold-up horse - to sit 10l off a mediocre pace turning in at Ascot is not how she usually races, and it's dangerous to take the form at all literally imo. No surprise to see it turned on its head completely.