‘I’d have had him in mind as a top-class hurdler’ - James Owen thinking Classics, not Cheltenham, for Royal Ascot third

Trainer James Owen is now targeting the St Leger at Doncaster for Ranga Tang after the horse finished third in the Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot, having previously considered a hurdling route toward the Cheltenham Festival. Owen enjoyed a breakthrough at Royal Ascot when Rogue Diplomat won the Royal Hunt Cup, compensating for Ranga Tang's narrow defeat earlier on the card. Owen has compared Ranga Tang's staying potential to Big Brother Orange, the 2017 Ascot Gold Cup winner, and the horse also holds an entry in the Goodwood Cup.