Watson in Ascot return

Forgotten horse of the season Winker Watson is still on course to make his eventual return to the track in next week’s St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Minor problems have cost his owners The Comic Strip Heroes and trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam the chance of top-level success on several occasions, with stiffness ruling the son of Piccolo out of the Middle Park Stakes while he was not moving well ahead of the Guineas.