Peacock Jewel's promise shone through in a race at Newmarket that often throws up a bright prospect. He ran on powerfully in the final furlong to take care of the hot favourite Capa in the Soltykoff Maiden Stakes.

Peacock Jewel's style of running and his breeding - he is a son of Rainbow Quest - suggest that he should stay one and a half miles next season. Connections already rate him a possible Derby contender but even if that should prove beyond him there should be plenty of other races to be won.

Pontefract stages the fifth and final round of their apprentice series on Monday. The prize for the winner is a trip to America during the winter, working at Gulfstream Park in Florida for a leading local trainer. Lee Newman with 14 points holds a narrow advantage over Stan Finnamore on 12 with Derek Hayden, Jenny Benson and Carl Rafter next on 10.

Australian-based jockey Shane Dye will be able to renew his association with leading Melbourne Cup fancy Tie The Knot in the November 2nd feature after having a two-month ban overturned at the New South Wales Thoroughbred Racing Board headquarters. He picked up the suspension for not making every effort on Tie The Knot to improve his position in the Warwick Stakes on August 21st when his mount finished second to Sunline.

Last season's Welsh National winner Kendal Cavalier has rejoined Toby Balding's yard with the Aintree Grand National his target. The nine-year-old started his jumping career with Balding before switching to Rod Millman's Devon stables and then moving to Nigel Hawke shortly before his triumph at Chepstow last December.