The trainer, Ed Walker, operates out of Upper Lambourn in Berkshire and has been in terrific form this season — 80 winners already, which is a significant number for any yard and a sign that horses are arriving fit and ready to perform. Walker has a strong track record with young, talented horses, which makes him exactly the sort of trainer you want saddling a debut runner. First-time-out horses are always a leap of faith for the watcher, but when the breeding screams speed and the yard is firing, Royal Message arrives with as much going for it as any debutant could hope for.