ANDREW Balding has a fascinating prospect on his hands in the shape of the Paco Boy gelding Beat The Bank, who thrashed the opposition in the Group 2 Shadwell Joel Stakes, cruising home five lengths ahead of Ballydoyle’s Sir John Lavery and with Jallota a modest third.

Running for Leicester City FC’s owners the Kingpower Racing Co, Beat The Bank (11/8 favourite) has only one ‘blip’ against his name, an unplaced effort in the Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot. Here he lobbed along as Aidan O’Brien’s Whitecliffsofdover set a blistering gallop.