Aidan O’Brien has not lost faith in Grand Reward despite the youngster’s expensive defeat in the Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury.

Trainer Clive Cox plans to test Lago d’Orta in better company after the colt landed his fourth prize of the season in the Paul Kelleway Memorial Classified Stakes at Lingfield on Wednesday.

South African Travis Block rode his first-ever winner with a super-cool display on Andrew Balding’s Tarawan in the Kingfisher Handicap at Leicester on Thursday.