TALK about making an entrance. It was quite the arrival into British racing for owners Wathnan Racing at Royal Ascot last year when their first three runners in the jurisdiction yielded two winners at the Royal Meeting.

In capturing the Gold Cup with Courage Mon Ami and Queen’s Vase through Gregory, the operation - headed up by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani - made a real statement of being serious players in top-quality races on these shores.