It was a shock result in the Listed Heron Stakes at Sandown Park on Tuesday night, as outsider Captain Winters produced a brave performance to win by a nose.

Sandown hosts a mid-week evening card on Tuesday featuring the 1m Listed Heron Stakes, which has been dominated by the Gosden team in recent years with three wins from the last four renewals.

Slipofthepen could yet give King Charles III a Classic runner on his Coronation Day after warming up for a possible Qipco 2000 Guineas bid with a racecourse gallop at Newmarket.

Whether Slipofthepen bids for Classic glory in the colours of the King and Queen Consort on Coronation day has still to be decided.

The King may have a Classic contender on his hands in the John and Thady Gosden-trained Slipofthepen, who overcame trouble in running and a shade of immaturity to land a taking success at Kempton.