Danzeno could take in the Portland Handicap at Doncaster on the way to the Qipco British Champions Sprint at Ascot on October 21.

Culturati, Naggers and Orion's Bay were all notable withdrawals at the five-day stage for the Qatar Stewards' Cup at Goodwood.

Mick Appleby is looking forward to a tilt at Friday's Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes with stable star Danzeno.

Just days before the start of Royal Ascot, it was unsurprisingly a low-key week of racing on the domestic front, and the performance of the weekend on Timeform ratings came in a listed event at Salisbury on Sunday.

The highlight of the first day of York's Dante Meeting on Wednesday is the Group 2 Duke of York Stakes over six furlongs, which is often a port of call for some of the top sprinters on the way to Royal Ascot next month.