Punchestown Update. Going, Jockey Changes and Non-Runners

It is a familiar feeling for Ed Walker as he looks to the skies and prays for rain ahead of Almaqam’s intended outing in the Qatar Racing Champion Stakes next month.

Chris Gordon is looking forward to getting David’s Well out at Ascot in November after his impressive start to the season last term was cruelly cut short by injury.

Zeus Olympios is all systems go for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Qatar Racing British Champions Day, where Karl Burke’s crack miler will attempt to land an elusive top-level success.