Arab Spring bids to go up an important rung on the ladder when he runs in the Princess of Wales’s boylesports.com Stakes at Newmarket today.

Red Cadeaux was a heroic runner-up once again as British-trained horses filled two of the first three places in the Emirates Melbourne Cup, but best-laid plans to finally crack the great Flemington handicap must wait yet another year.

NAMIBIAN gave Mark Johnston his 50th Glorious Goodwood winner with a performance characteristic of so many of the trainer’s best horses in the bet365 Gordon Stakes.