Eisteddfod may be upped in class after defying top weight of 9st 7lb for the second race running at the weekend.

Money-spinning three-year-old New Seeker is all set to chase a hat-trick of big handicap successes at Ascot a week tomorrow.

A bumper field of 41 horses were declared at today’s five-day stage for the Tote International at Ascot on Saturday.