Roy brings joy for Godolphin

GODOLPHIN dominated the JLT Greenham Stakes with Richard Hannon’s Barney Roy staying on strongly to beat Dream Castle at Newbury.

Dream Castle, a son of Frankel, was sent off the 9-4 favourite and travelled noticeably better than Barney Roy, who was stepping back in distance having won over a mile as a two-year-old.

Oisin Murphy could not find any cover on the Saeed bin Suroor-trained Dream Castle, though, and he was racing on his own for much of the way and was keen into the bargain.

James Doyle had to get stuck into the 5-2 winner when Dream Castle went clear, but the response was immediate and he ended up a winner by two lengths, with a yawning gap of four lengths back to Zainhom.