Ground key to Forgotten Rules bid

All eyes will be on Forgotten Rules on Thursday as the unbeaten favourite bids to give Dermot Weld another Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, ground permitting.

Another product from the powerful Moyglare Stud operation, Forgotten Rules has come a long way in a relatively short space of time.

The five-year-old did not make his debut until April of last year, when every man and his dog seemed to know he would making a successful start in a Punchestown Festival bumper. He duly obliged.