Turnkey turns on power

Turnkey, who caught a tartar in Blue Dakota on his debut last month, showed himself a potential Royal Ascot performer when breezing to victory in the opener at rain-lashed Kempton today.

The two-year-old, with jockey Ted Durcan wearing Sheikh Mohammed’s maroon and white silks, headed Planet Tomato approaching the furlong marker and hosed in by 11 lengths in the EBF Sharp Minds Betfair Maiden Stakes.