Stowell (GB)

One of the season's elite older horses is in action at Newmarket on Thursday as Al Aasy (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) headlines the opening card of the three-day July Festival. Runner-up in the June 4 G1 Coronation Cup at Epsom last time, Shadwell's progressive 4-year-old stays in his home town for the 12-furlong G2 Princess of Wales's Tattersalls S. at the meeting at which he first served notice of his talent when taking last year's G3 Bahrain Trophy. Successful in the G3 John Porter S. and G3 Aston Park...

Jockey Rob Havlin was banned for three weeks by the Lingfield stewards after finishing second aboard John and Thady Gosden's 16-1 second string Stowell (GB) (Zoffany {Ire}) on Wednesday evening. The Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 535 Novice S. was won by fellow Gosden trainee Polling Day (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) with Frankie Dettori in the irons as the 2-9 crowd's pick. Havlin's mount met with some traffic throughout the race, but was making up ground while under a conservative ride to miss by a head. There was a...