Back to reality for Regal with no Enable or Ghaiyyath in his way

Regal Reality gave Cheveley Park Stud and trainer Sir Michael Stoute a first Group-race winner of the year when enjoying both a drop in distance and class to win the Group 3 Sovereign Stakes.

With no Enable or Ghaiyyath to render him a bit-part player, Regal Reality scored his first success since being gelded last winter to end his playboy pre-race antics, which had got progressively worse last season after his win in the Brigadier Gerard Stakes.

Richard Kingscote was always sitting confidently tracking the leaders and when shown daylight Regal Reality quickened away to beat the slow-starting Beat Le Bon, with favourite Motakhayyel fading disappointingly into seventh.