Moon Ballad warmed up for his tilt at the one million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on Saturday with a workout at the track on Monday.

Darryll Holland is bitterly disappointed that the ground at Leopardstown has been artificially changed to good prior to Saturday’s Ireland the Food Island Champion Stakes, in which he rides leading hope Falbrav.

A maximum field of nine runners, headed by Alamshar, will go to post in Saturday’s Ireland the Food Island Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

Dubai World Cup winner Moon Ballad is one of 11 horses declared for the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood on Wednesday.

Moon Ballad remains down Godolphin’s pecking order for the Vodafone Derby - despite winning one of its most important trials, the Convergent Dante Stakes, at York today.