FETE’S FIT FOR A KING

Kings Fete can give Sir Michael Stoute further cause for personal satisfaction by taking Group Three honours at Newbury.

Stoute has done a frankly exceptional job with this five-year-old gelding, who suffered an injury in the 2014 St Leger and seemed unlikely to run again.

But the Newmarket handler somehow got him back on track this year and he now, arguably, looks better than ever ahead of the Worthington’s OCSL Stakes (Registered as the St Simon).

What About Carlo, a course-and-distance scorer last September, can end an 11-race winless run by taking the Bathwick Tyres Handicap.

Ante-post betting for the Racing Post Trophy should tell its own story at Doncaster. Capri had been the early jolly for the Group One on Town Moor, but a stack of cash for stablemate Yucatan saw the market flip-flop in significant favour of the latter.

With Aidan O’Brien having now taken out Capri, it really is quite difficult to side against Yucatan, the mount of Ryan Moore. The Galileo colt has reportedly made boundless improvement since he was defeated by Capri in the Curragh’s Beresford Stakes last month.

Rivet, from the William Haggas yard, is perhaps the potential fly in the ointment, as is Godolphin’s Bay Of Poets.

But Ballydoyle have rarely faltered in their preparations for a big British day out, especially in the garlanded juvenile races, and can be trusted to get Yucatan home and dry.

Rock The World appears to have a fine chance of claiming an important success at Cheltenham’s Showcase fixture, in the Randox Health Handicap Chase.