The Everest is next after Hong Kong’s champion Ka Ying Rising made light work of them in another stunning performance in the Group I Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Mr Versatile as a sire, Coolmore shuttler Wootton Bassett (GB) gets fast juveniles, quality milers and a smattering of classy stayers including one of his rare grey offspring in Presage Nocturne, who won the Group III Prix Prix de Barbeville (3000m) at Longchamp on Sunday.