YOU know a fairy story because of its happy ending. But this year’s Royal Ascot fairy story happened at the start. On the first day. In the first race.

Accidental Agent was bred by Gaie Johnson Houghton. A son of Delegator out of the Xaar mare Roodle, who won two of her 16 races and was never rated higher than 90, he went to the sales in October 2015, an entry in Tattersalls’ Book 2.