Most Improved lit up a wet and miserable afternoon at Newmarket as he marked himself as a potential Classic contender in the EBF “Dutch Art” Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Maiden Stakes.

A blistering final afternoon at Royal Ascot saw Ryan Moore retain the title for the meeting’s leading jockey for the second year in a row.

EVERTON crashed out of the Carling Cup at the third round stage last night, beaten 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out by League One strugglers Brentford after a 1-1 draw. Jermaine Beckford and Phil Jagielka failed from 12 yards for David Moyes’ men.

CANFORD Cliffs arrived at Royal Ascot with a score to settle and left at the top of the podium in the three-year-old miling division after proving his worth in the St James’s Palace Stakes.

Portsmouth 1 Coventry 1

Portsmouth 1 Coventry 1

Richard Hannon is fast turning the £200,000 Weatherbys Super Sprint into a benefit and registered his seventh success in 18 years as Monsieur Chevalier starred on day two of Newbury’s Dubai Summer Festival.

Tottenham 2 Portsmouth 0

Western Art provided Peter Chapple-Hyam with some timely good fortune ahead of Authorized’s assault on the Coral-Eclipse Stakes with a Listed win in the aAIM Dragon Stakes at Sandown.

Assertive was introduced at 20-1 for the Golden Jubilee at Royal Ascot with VC Bet and Stan James after his victory in the SEI Investments Stakes at Windsor.

Portsmouth 1 Aston Villa 1

Boogie Street landed back-to-back victories in the Empire Property Group Stakes at Goodwood today.