Oxx puts Ascot on Born To Sea agenda

Born To Sea is set to tackle the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot following his eyecatching performance in Saturday’s Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh.

The three-year-old half-brother to the brilliant Sea The Stars was among the leading fancies for the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket earlier this month, but was beaten at halfway having pulled fiercely in the early stages.