Ronan Whelan - a young jockey rapidly going places

At Royal Ascot on Tuesday Ronan Whelan offered more evidence that he is a young man rapidly going places when guiding Jennies Jewel to success in the two-and-a-half-mile Ascot Stakes.

This particular race would definitely rank at the lower end of the scale when it comes to contests of importance at this meeting, but for Whelan it was a massively big deal.

For a number of years now he has been second jockey, behind Kevin Manning, to Jim Bolger, and one anticipates, he will take over when the veteran pilot finally decides to call it a day.