Hong Kong struck the first blow on the first ever Dubai World Cup night at Meydan as the Derek Cruz-trained Joy And Fun struck gold in the Al Quoz Sprint.

Brazilian apprentice Silvestre de Sousa stole the limelight when he booted Handsome Cross home a narrow winner of the GNER Scottish Cup at Musselburgh.

Murphy’s Quest has started to make up for lost time after injury problems robbed connections of four years of his career and the eight-year-old can follow up a recent victory with another at Exeter tomorrow.