From the Daily Telegraph UKSteven Arnold, the king-sized jockey, who made such an impact at Royal Ascot, is on the ultimate fleeting visit to Newmarket to partner Scenic Blast in Friday's Darley July Cup. He flew in on Thursday and he flies out again on Saturday.It's hardly worth unpacking the suitcase," Arnold quipped soon after his arrival. "I know it's a pretty quick visit, but I'm hoping it will be profitable. The reports I have received are that the horse has done well since Ascot

From the Daily Telegraph UK

Steven Arnold, the king-sized jockey, who made such an impact at Royal Ascot, is on the ultimate fleeting visit to Newmarket to partner Scenic Blast in Friday's Darley July Cup. He flew in on Thursday and he flies out again on Saturday.

It's hardly worth unpacking the suitcase," Arnold quipped soon after his arrival. "I know it's a pretty quick visit, but I'm hoping it will be profitable. The reports I have received are that the horse has done well since Ascot," he said.

If those reports are accurate the local squad, headed by the Michel Bell-trained Art Connoisseur and Jeremy Noseda's consistent Fleeting Spirit, are in for a torrid time as they try to fend off the Australian sprinter's second British challenge.

In the King's Stand Stakes, Scenic Blast was able to tuck in behind runners on the far side of the group as they raced up the middle of the track, and when asked by Arnold inside the two-furlong marker the five year-old quickly left an impression.

Fleeting Spirit came out of the pack on the stand's side, but Arnold felt he always had her covered. "About half a furlong out, I could see her on the other side of the track but I never felt she was any threat to us.

"With the Ascot run under his belt the six furlongs at Newmarket should be ideal. It is hard to say he is better than he was at Ascot as he goes very well fresh but Danny [Morton, the trainer] is happy and that's encouraging. We're very hopeful," he added.

Arnold, a conservative 5ft 8ins, makes Richard Hughes and George Baker, two of the taller jockeys in the weighing room, look small. The Melbourne rider had a short break after Ascot last month, but limbered up for his trip to England back home last weekend.

"I had four rides at Flemington on Saturday," he said. "I'll ride in the July Cup, then catch a plane for Hong Kong. I ride in Macau on Sunday at their Gold Cup meeting before heading back home," he explained.