Michael Jarvis evidently considered Befortyfour pretty smart to let him take his chance at Royal Ascot on just his second start and the gelding again did little wrong on his seasonal reappearance at Lingfield.

Ryan Moore stole a march on his chief rivals in the jockeys' championship with a near 7-1 double at Kempton, highlighted by Malt Or Mash's victory in the intercasino.co.uk Dragonfly Stakes.