The sound of singing football fans – presumably at the King Power Stadium – which accompanied The Foxes back to the winner’s enclosure after the Dante Stakes here on Thursday did not feel entirely appropriate, given Leicester City’s current struggles to escape relegation from the Premier League.
Wherever the footballing Foxes are plying their trade next season, however, the club’s owners have a serious runner in next month’s Derby, after a trial which mainly confirmed that this year’s Classic is one of the most open for years.