Relentless rain got Ascot's big three-day meeting off to a miserable start, but those who backed 20-1 winner King Charles in the opening EBF Ratcliffes Syndication Classified Stakes will not be complaining.

QUEEN’S BEST can prove supreme in the TSG Stakes, the highlight of a cracking card at York today.

Richard Hannon, who won the first running of the Watership Down Stud Sales Stakes with Madame Boulangere three years ago, is responsible for eight of the 43 confirmations for the race at Newbury on Saturday.