KING Of Change was a worthy winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. He travelled well through his race for Sean Levey, he picked up nicely when his rider went for him, and he stayed on well all the way to the winning line.

The Farhh colt is a wholly likeable individual, who probably didn’t get the credit that he should have got for finishing second in the Guineas, a 66/1 shot who raced on the stands’ side. He is progressive, he is an exciting talent, and it was a really good training performance by Richard Hannon to get him to Ascot in that form, good enough to beat very good older milers, on only his second run since the Guineas and just the sixth run of his life.