Adaay Of Scarlett (Ire)

Facing only two rivals in Thursday's G2 Kingdom of Bahrain July Stakes at Newmarket, Godolphin's Inner City Blues (Blue Point) simply had to deliver and made no mistake to provide Charlie Appleby with some cheer. At €900,000 the top-priced colt at the Arqana May Breeze-Up, the winner who had scored on debut at York last month was in behind the more-experienced Adaay Of Scarlett (Mehmas) and Hickory Lad (James Garfield) throughout the early stages. Asked to close by William Buick passing two out, the 5-6 favourite took a while to...

After taking up the rare position of bystander for the Queen Anne, Aidan O'Brien was back in business two races into Royal Ascot 2026 as Great Barrier Reef (No Nay Never) conquered the G2 Coventry Stakes. Partnered by Wayne Lordan with Ryan Moore on the sire's Confucius, the 6-1 shot who had taken the Marble Hill last month navigated his path from stall three far away from the stands' side to bring up a 12th renewal of the race that launched the trainer at the meeting in 1997. "Confucius is...