Kong set for quick return

NO reasons have appeared for Kong’s disappointing performance in Saturday’s Vodafone Derby, and he could be set for a quick reappearance in the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot at York next week.

The colt finished a distant last of the 13 runners in the Epsom Classic, but trainer John Dunlop reports him to have been perfectly sound since.

The same can be said for the Arundel handler’s other Derby runner Unfurled, who looked in with a chance straightening for home but had to settle for seventh.