Royal Ascot is the crown jewel in the British racing crown, with five days of fabulous racing set against the type of glitz, glamour and royal patronage that other meetings can only dream of.
A fortnight ago Charlie Marshall was an ordinary point-to-point jockey, competent, clearly a bit underrated, but not rocking any championships and, in that world, best known for being the brother of Izzie Marshall who is in a tight tussle with Gina Andrews for this season’s ladies title.
There was widespread surprise at the failure of Aidan O’Brien’s colt to live up to his pre-race billing at Newmarket