Leading jockeys Kieren Fallon and Mick Kinane led the tributes to Jamie Kyne, from Ireland, and Jan Wilson, the two apprentice riders who lost their lives in a fire in the early hours of yesterday morning.

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.

Alan Dickman and Daniel Tudhope were the men to follow at Thirsk as both registered doubles at the North Yorkshire venue.

Players Please could make a rapid return to action in a valuable contest at the weekend following his impressive success in the Hygicare Handicap at Thirsk.