Sergeant Cecil made the 550-mile round trip from Devon pay a handsome dividend as he completed a rare double when taking the totesport Ebor at York.

Stuart Williams reports his prolific winner Sendintank to be on course for this month’s totesport Ebor as ante-post money poured in for the gelding today.

BRUNEL landed a share of first prize in the Prix de la Porte Maillot at Longchamp yesterday after lightning knocked out the photo-finish equipment.

Promotion, owned by the Queen, is 9-2 favourite with Ladbrokes to make amends for an unlucky run at the Royal Ascot meeting in Saturday’s Bet365 Old Newton Cup at Haydock.

High Voltage could be set for a step up in class after romping home at Ripon today.