Andrew Nelis racing

Connections of Threat have opted to miss the Qipco 2000 Guineas and head straight to Royal Ascot for the St James's Palace Stakes. The Richard Hannon-trained colt, who runs in the colours of Cheveley Park Stud, was one of the standout performers in the juvenile division last season and had been prominent in the ante-post market on the Newmarket Classic.

Roger Charlton is hopeful the return of racing may not be too far away as he continues to prepare Quadrilateral for the Qipco 1000 Guineas. The Beckhampton trainer reports the winter favourite for the fillies' Classic to be doing well and on course to take her chance when the times comes, which is poised to be the first weekend in June should the "best-case scenario" planning from the British Horseracing Authority for the resumption of racing come to fruition. If the Guineas meeting is able to be run then, it would follow on from two high-profile weekends before it that are pencilled in to contain a number of Classic trials and other Pattern races, again subject to racing having resumed and not necessarily at their traditional homes