'The best I've trained' - Wesley Ward desperate to put right 'gutting' defeat

Wesley Ward has said Golden Pal could be the best and quickest horse he has trained as he attempts to finally win the Wootton Bassett Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes next Friday, a race in which he has craved success since Lady Aurelia's heartbreaking defeat four years ago.

Ward thought he had won the race when Lady Aurelia flashed past the post alongside Marsha in 2017, and jockey Frankie Dettori was so certain he saluted the crowd, but Marsha agonisingly got the verdict by a nose.

The American trainer has not had a runner in the race since what he called an "incredibly gutting" reverse but this year sends over Golden Pal, who will be ridden by Dettori for the first time.