Wathnan Racing have shown themselves to be the emerging force in racing in the past few years and their team for Royal Ascot this time around has the sort of quality that can be likened to football giants Paris Saint Germain.

The scoreboard signalled four successes at the Royal meeting in 2024 with English Oak (Buckingham Palace Stakes), Leovanni (Queen Mary Stakes), Shareholder (Norfolk Stakes) and Haatem (Jersey Stakes) hitting the back of the net.

Frighteningly for all, the Wathan squad looks even stronger this time and Richard Brown, racing adviser, to the Qatari-backed operation, kindly talked to Tony Elves of attheraces.com about their leading prospects for the five-day jamboree.