Royal Ascot is not likely to be on Kinsale King’s agenda again as trainer Carl O’Callaghan ponders other targets after his defence of Saturday’s Dubai Golden Shaheen.

There’s been plenty of evidence from the first two days of Newmarket’s July meeting that those horses that raced prominently at Royal Ascot are struggling to reproduce their form.

Connections of Curlin were satisfied after the American Horse of the Year was handed stall 12 for Saturday’s 6million Dubai World Cup.