Britain is closer to selling part of its stake in Royal Bank of Scotland after seeing a growing appetite for the bank’s shares from financial institutions and it could offer some of the stock to private retail investors.

More than 30 years after his first Group One success, Pat Eddery today gained his final big-race victory as a jockey as Balmont was promoted to first place in the Shadwell Stud Middle Park Stakes on the disqualification of Three Valleys.

THREE VALLEYS restored his considerable reputation with a stylish success in the Shadwell Stud Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket yesterday.

Indian Haven justified the faith shown in him by trainer Paul d’Arcy as he landed the Entenmann’s Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh.