The punters cheering as the winner crossed the line in the Group One Dewhurst Stakes were the ones who had remembered the old gambling maxim that you should always forgive a good horse one bad run.
Gewan, the 25-1 winner of the season’s most prestigious two-year-old race, had looked every inch a Classic prospect in his first two starts before finishing a lacklustre fourth as the 6-5 favourite for the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster last month. He returned to his earlier form in no uncertain terms under a confident ride by James Doyle, who was soon settled close to the early lead before grabbing a decisive advantage with a move to the front a furlong-and-a-half out.
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