DERBY update: the world has gone Golden Horn mad. True, John Gosden’s horse was an impressive Dante winner, and he only has another furlong and a half to go in the Derby, but the road to Epsom is strewn with horses who only had another furlong and a half to go.

He has a chance on breeding, but Anthony Oppenheimer has been dealing with Golden Horn’s family for years (ref. Coronation Stakes winner Rebecca Sharp, Lingfield Derby Trial winner Mystic Knight) and he hadn’t entered the Cape Cross colt in the Derby. He had him down as a Dante/French Derby horse. Same as The Grey Gatsby last year.