The seven-furlong division can be a tricky one to assess, due to the fact that there are no Group 1 races for older horses in the UK over that distance.

The South African import, Whisky Baron, owned by former England cricketer Craig Kieswetter, is set to make his European debut in the Group 2 Shadwell Joel Stakes at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Racecourse on Friday 29th September.

Henry Candy will walk the course at Goodwood before deciding whether to run Limato in the Qatar Lennox Stakes on Tuesday.

The Lockinge Stakes - the feature race on Saturday’s valuable card at Newbury - has attracted 12 entries, and just like the betting, Richard Fahey’s Ribchester heads the Timeform weight-adjusted ratings.

Timeform top rated—by 3 lb—for this year’s Prix Maurice de Gheest is the Hong Kong raider Gold-Fun, who ran close to his best when a staying-on neck second to Twilight Son in the six-furlong Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot last time.