Wanrage trainer Henry Candy has his sights on top sprint honours with Amour Propre following his charge’s stunning reappearance at Newmarket on Saturday.

The three-year-old colt showed an impressive turn of foot under Dane O’Neill to slam Hoh Hoh Hoh by two and a half lengths in the Group 3 stanjames.com Palace House Stakes, with Nunthorpe winner Borderlescott a nose back in third.

Now Candy is praying for fast ground at Haydock on Saturday, May 23, so the Paris House colt can take his chance in the Group 2 betfred.com Temple Stakes where he is likely to face Hungarian flying machine Overdose.

Then it’s hoped that Amour Propre, who cost a six-strong syndicate, which includes BBC sports presenter John Inverdale, just 1,500gns, will bid for Group 1 glory in the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday, June 16.

"He's come out of the race very well,” said the Kingstone Warren handler. “I thought it was a remarkable performance.”

Amour Propre completed an across-the-card double for Candy, who also sent out Aye Aye Digby to score at Goodwood.

The four-year-old, ridden by Fergus Sweeney, turned the tables on his Folkestone conqueror, Rash Judgement, with a one-length verdict in a six-furlong handicap.

West Ilsley trainer Mick Channon, whose Lahaleeb was down the field in the 1000 Guineas, also struck at the Sussex track when Eva’s Request ran out a clear-cut winner of the Listed EBF Conqueror Stakes under Eddie Creighton.

She is now likely to head for the Windsor Forest Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Leleyf provided Channon with another winner when taking a juvenile fillies’ conditions stakes at Salisbury in the hands of Tony Culhane.

Hobson, who spends much of his time as lead horse to Blewbury trainer Eve Johnson Houghton’s crack colt, The Cheka, put that practice to good use to make all the running under Stephen Carson in a seven-furlong handicap at Yar-mouth.

Sean Curran, who trains at Hatford, near Stanford in the Vale, landed a gamble at Kempton with Landucci, who was backed down from 20-1 to 12-1 before romping home under James Doyle in a mile handicap.

On the same card, King’s Starlet fulfilled the promise of some good work on trainer Hughie Morrison’s East Ilsley gallops with victory in a fillies’ mile maiden.

Frankie Dettori got General Eliott home by a nose from Perfect Stride in the Listed Paradise Stakes at Ascot for Whatcombe trainer Paul Cole, whose Seradim was unplaced in the 1000 Guineas.

Cole also posted his first juvenile winner of the season when Red Avalanche, ridden by Neil Callan, stormed home in a five-furlong maiden at Nottingham.

Hook Norton trainer Peter Hiatt came up trumps with Moonshine Creek at Bath.

And over the jumps, Ben Case, who trains at Edgcote, near Banbury, notched his first winner for 238 days when Edgefour opened her account in a maiden hurdle at Southwell.