Prescott pleased with the run of loveable villain Pallasator

It was only right that Big Orange received the lion’s share of the plaudits, but enigmatic second Pallasator is also quietly accumulating a significant fan club.

As ever, Sir Mark Prescott put it perfectly when he said: ”He’s been so horrible for so long that, rather like McEnroe, everybody now likes him.”

Prescott has a plan for every race, from the humblest Class 6 to a Group 2 like this, but extra planning is required wherever the giant Pallasator runs. That the plan did not quite come off was not Prescott’s fault, or that of jockey Oisin Murphy.