RACING:TRIPLE CROWN aspirant Camelot enjoyed a gallop before racing at Leopardstown yesterday ahead of his date with destiny in next month's Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster. The three-year-old has already landed the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket and the Investec Derby at Epsom, and next month aims to become the first horse since Nijinsky in 1970 to complete the Classic treble.

Last seen winning the Irish Derby at the Curragh in late June, the son of Montjeu has enjoyed a mid-season break, but his Leger preparations stepped up a gear at the Foxrock venue as he worked alongside stable companions Fame And Glory and Chamonix.

Camelot eased to the front a furlong out and soon went nicely clear under Joseph O’Brien, having worked with older horses for the first time. O’Brien senior said: “They went a nice solid bit of work, it was an even-building pace. You’d have to be very happy with him. He’s done very well physically, he’s made like a miler and you can see that he has a bit of a tummy on him.

“It’s a long time from the Curragh to Doncaster so he needed to go somewhere and it was easier to come here than to go to somewhere like York (Great Voltigeur). Fame And Glory is going for the Irish Leger.”

Camelot remains a red-hot 2 to 5 favourite with Ladbrokes for the St Leger on September 15th.

Trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni has been fined £2,000 by the British Horseracing Authority after urine samples taken from two of his horses were found to contain a prohibited substance.

Samples taken from Wood Ditton Stakes winner Mariner’s Cross and 1000 Guineas also-ran Lyric Of Light were found to contain propoxyphene.

The disciplinary panel said it could not be satisfied the administration of the substance was accidental and gave Godolphin trainer Al Zarooni a £1,000 fine for each breach.

Both horses have also been disqualified from their respective races.