ED Chamberlin, racing’s front man for ITV, has got behind an initiative of Horse Racing Ireland to promote ownership and syndication ahead of the flat racing season and Lord Rapscallion, a horse he owns as part of the Rapscallion Syndicate in training with Johnny Murtagh, is the horse the owners hope will take them places.

“There are so many different ways of becoming involved with horse racing, you don’t have to spend a fortune,” Chamberlin told The42 recently. “Some people see racing as just for the elite or the affluent but that’s so not the case.