Star set for July bid

Racegoers at Newmarket next week will be thrilled by Aidan O’Brien’s Starspangledbanner after the trainer confirmed the Royal Ascot winner bang on target for the Darley July Cup.

The Australian import had been burning up the Ballydoyle gallops following his British debut at York in May and he transferred that electric pace to the track as he made all along the stands rail in the Golden Jubilee Stakes.