DEAN Ivory has a talented sprinter in Tropics, who started at 66/1 and beat all bar Slade Power in the Group 1 Darley July Cup at the big Newmarket summer meeting. Returning to the course on Saturday, he found a strong late burst to take the Listed Stobart Members Club Hopeful Stakes to set up a tilt at the Sprint Cup at Haydock next month.

This looked a strong listed event but there were one or two major disappointments, notably Intrinsic, an impressive winner of the Stewards’ Cup but only eighth here, and Ruwaiyan, who also ran well at Goodwood but finished last on this occasion.