Grandeur is a red-hot favourite with the sponsors after 23 horses stood their ground at the confirmation stage for the coral.co.uk Winter Derby at Lingfield on Saturday.

York will take centre stage on today’s racing programme but it may prove more profitable to take note of Windsor’s evening meeting, which features the Group 3 Winter Hill Stakes (6.45pm).

John Oxx rectified one anomaly from a distinguished career when Saddler’s Rock delivered his trainer the Artemis Goodwood Cup.