Asset proved to be just that for Godolphin by giving Sheikh Mohammed’s worldwide operation their first winner from just four runners in Britain when scoring at Leicester.

Owner Mark Bloomfield enjoyed a belated birthday present as Billion Dollar Kid scored first time out for Ron Harris in the toteswinger Brighton Rocket Handicap.

Local owner Graham Povey realised one of his lifetime ambitions when Flying Key, the first horse to carry his colours, won the Bryn Thomas Crane Hire Nursery at Chester today.