WE put Benvenuto Cellini on our cover last weekend and it proved the correct decision, as he was the talking horse of the weekend. Christmas Day can often be a bit of an anti-climax after all and by 4.30pm it was the rear-end of the favourite at the start that became the photo of the race!

The start of the 2026 Derby got much more attention than the finish, with the beaten favourite announced as a non-runner just as the winning presentation was going on.