Andrea Atzeni wasted no time in returning to the winners’ enclosure in Hong Kong.

It may be Irish Champions Weekend but all eyes will be drawn to the 6f Group 1 Sprint Cup at Haydock on Saturday afternoon with Shaquille bidding for a third straight Group 1.

Connections of both Mill Stream and Believing have paid the £20,000 supplementary fee with 23 remaining in contention for the Sprint Cup at Haydock this Saturday.

Newbury hosts a competitive card on Saturday including the valuable Super Sprint Stakes for the juveniles and the Group 3 Hackwood Stakes.

Star Of Mystery won the Listed Maureen Brittain Memorial Empress Fillies' Stakes (6f) for Godolphin in impressive fashion in this afternoon’s opening race at Newmarket.