Frankie Dettori edged further ahead in the jockeys’ championship race this afternoon when steering home the first winner at Ascot – eight years on from his ‘Magnificent Seven’ at the same meeting.

Marcus Tregoning’s highly-promising juvenile Snow Ridge has been given the go-ahead to tackle the Hackney Empire Royal Lodge Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

One of O'Brien's talented two-year-olds, Necklace, is likely to lead his assault on Ascot's big meeting on Saturday.

JAMIE SPENCER and David Loder combined for another significant juvenile success at the Curragh yesterday when Sutter’s Fort landed the €200,000 Irish Breeders Foal Levy Stakes.

Saturn, impressive winner at Newbury on Friday, is set to have his last run of the season at either Doncaster or Ascot next month depending on the ground.