Racing fans with spare cash have the chance to buy a Royal Ascot runner. Five horses, headed by Group Three-winning filly West End Girl, are up for sale on the eve of the big meeting.
The online auction, which begins at midday on Saturday and closes at the same time on Monday, is the first of its kind in Britain or Ireland.
Two-year-old debut winners, the Archie Watson-trained Igotatext (Coventry Stakes) and Phil Makin's Muker (Windsor Castle Stakes) are also seeking new owners ahead of their races.
West End Girl took the 2019 renewal of the Sweet Solera and the plan is for her to contest Tuesday's Ribblesdale Stakes. Third in the Lingfield Oaks Trial on seasonal debut, owner Alan Spence said the well-bred daughter of 2015 Derby winner