Barney McGrew and Kaldoun Kingdom will carry joint-top weight in the William Hill Ayr Gold Cup on Saturday.

Tim Easterby's Mariachi Man could be set for a step up in class after coming home in splendid isolation in Division One of the Mike Burton Memorial Maiden Auction Stakes at Ripon today.

Conquest is set to bid to become the first sprinter since Coastal Bluff in 1996 to complete the Stewards’ Cup and Ayr Gold Cup double when he lines up in Scotland on Saturday.

At The Money can make the trip north from Newmarket worthwhile by landing the stamina-sapping Pontefract Marathon Handicap at the West Yorkshire track.

Bentong looked a class act when he recorded a narrow but convincing success in the £50,000 (€73,200) Weatherbys Insurance Summer Sprint at Redcar.