Aidan O’Brien expressed concerns over the prospect of trying conditions for Dylan Thomas in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

BRIAN MEEHAN has his team brimming with good health ahead of Royal Ascot and the Manton trainer had more to celebrate when Sans Reward landed the George Smith Horseboxes Maiden Auction Stakes at Salisbury yesterday.

Frankie Dettori has picked up the plum ride on Ouija Board in the Group Three Princess Royal John Doyle Stakes at Newmarket tomorrow.

Connections of Alkaadhem were today leaning towards running their progressive four-year-old in the 10-furlong Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot next Wednesday.