Battleoverdoyen sure to win plenty of wars

You cannot do what this horse has done in such a short time and not be regarded as potentially top class, writes Pat Keane.

The Samcro door may have shut firmly in the faces of Gordon Elliott and Gigginstown, but another has immediately swung open in the shape of the imposing Battleoverdoyen, who, in just 39 days, has captured the public’s imagination.