As he readies to race for a first prize of almost £7.5 million in today’s Group 1 Saudi Cup, the organisers can now claim to have the 2021 Grade 1 Kentucky Derby winner among the international field assembled.

This week it was announced that the first past the post, the ill-fated Medina Spirit, was disqualified, and Juddmonte’s Mandaloun is now officially the winner of the race for the roses. The classic was run four months after the death of Khalid Abdullah, and it is such a pity that his homebred, a first winner of the Kentucky Derby for the Juddmonte organisation, was to be awarded the prize after much controversy.