Australian raiders Takeover Target, Glamour Puss and Falkirk head a competitive 33 entries for the Group Two King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.

JOHN DUNLOP’S fine start to the new season continued at Newmarket yesterday as Khulood entered the reckoning for next month’s Sagitta 1000 Guineas with an all-the-way win in the Shadwell Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes.

EDDIE AHERN will miss the second and third days of the Craven meeting at Newmarket next week after receiving a suspension for a whip offence when winning on Palamedes at Windsor yesterday.