TheMiddleham handler has now saddled five of the last nine winners of the two-mile contest after the three-year-old kept pace and accelerated in the straight to beat Yankee Doodle by four lengths, with Godolphin's Mastery third, another three-quarters of a length back.
Richard, the last monarch of the House of York, grew up at Middleham Castle in the Yorkshire Dales and visited York several times during his short reign.
Believe it or not, you can actually visit the Forbidden Corner in Middleham, North Yorkshire, an insane amusement park infested with talking statues, shrinking rooms, giant statues, secret doors and endless underground labyrinths.