Baltic King put himself bang in the frame for the Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock next weekend after winning the totepool Beverley Bullet Sprint at the East Yorkshire venue.

John Egan’s golden summer showed no hint of a decline at Beverley after Champions Gallery won the £50,000 totesport.com Stakes.

Jeremy Noseda’s Irish 2000 Guineas winner Araafa heads a field of 15 at the five-day stage for the St James’s Palace Stakes on the first day of Royal Ascot.