ALAN DUNBAR stepped up his bid for a place in the Walker Cup team to face the Americans at Aberdeen next month when he fired a splendid opening 68 — four under par — in the European Amateur Individual Championship in Sweden yesterday.

IN 2009, Midday bounced back from a pretty disappointing effort in the Irish Oaks to win the Nassau Stakes, and just a year ago she also rediscovered a winning thread to take the Group 1 Goodwood contest.