“When we took him to Huntingdon, he was like this when we got him off the lorry. He walked round the paddock full of exuberance and happiness. He’s never a horse that pulls in a race and he’s never a ...

Royal Champion appeared suitably named when making a winning start for Karl Burke on New Year’s Eve and his handler is confident there is more to come in the BetUK Winter Derby Stakes at Southwell.