Grandera returned to action in Dubai with a bang this afternoon, taking the Group Two Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Challenge Round III at Nad Al Sheba on his seasonal debut.

Last year’s champion juvenile Johannesburg heads a field of 25 horses for Saturday’s Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Invincible Spirit booked his place in the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot by landing a gamble at York.