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Robert Cowell is to step veteran sprinter Kingsgate Native back into Group company following his victory at Listed level at Haydock on Saturday.

The evergreen 10-year-old showed he still retains plenty of ability after powering clear of younger rivals to take a length-and-a-quarter success in the Achilles Stakes.

Plans have now been put in place by the Newmarket handler to send the Cheveley Park Stud-owned gelding back to Sandown for the Group Three Coral Charge on July 4, a race in which he finished runner-up for the last two seasons.

Cowell said: "Kingsgate Native" is a superstar and, as Graham Lee said on Saturday, that is the sort of thing that puts a smile on your face.

"It is the sort of thing that I wake up and enjoy racing for.

"To see him still being able to mix it in that company is very heartwarming.

"To be fair, his work had been really good and we decided to roll the dice again as he met all types of traffic in the Temple Stakes.

"For him to show those younger horses a clean pair of heels in a Listed race is not far of one of his best efforts in recent years.

"I think we will go for the Coral Charge, a race which he has run in before a few times and has been second in the last two years.

"Given the nature of Sandown you need luck in running, but if he gets an untroubled passage he will go close."