A FURTHER track record went on the opening day of Royal Ascot in the Coventry Stakes, though this was a juvenile rather than all-aged one, with Rajasinghe bettering Henrythenavigator’s time in the race in 2007 by 0.07s.

Despite there being less than two lengths between the first seven to finish, this represents a solid time performance and decidedly useful form. Rajasinghe and runner-up Headway get timefigures of 110 while Murillo in third gets 109, the fastest by juveniles in Britain and Ireland this season up until that point.