Mahsoob could earn himself a crack at the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot if he can keep his unbeaten record intact at Newmarket today.

Martin Dwyer was detained in hospital overnight for observation following a horrible fall at Southwell yesterday.

Newmarket’s on-course vets said Gray Pearl was put down after suffering an “apparent spinal chord injury” in an awful incident before the Qipco 1000 Guineas.