SIGNS OF Blessing and Marsha look major contenders for the King’s Stand Stakes, which brings me round to Acapulco, the new Aidan O’Brien inmate who is joint-favourite with Lady Aurelia for that race.

Acapulco reappeared in the Listed Sole Power Sprint at the Curragh on Sunday and scored readily, if not especially impressively, by half a length from Ardhoomey.