With a baking tray belted to his small, feathery body, a saucepan for a helmet, and a wooden spoon brandished in wing, young Owl’s desire to become a knight is clear from the first spread.

Knight (Eloise) conceives of Lear's verses as ... The gentleman invites two schoolchildren (the boy bears an odd resemblance to an owl, the girl to a cat) in for tea and a little poetry.

More from Qipco 2000 Guineas day at Newmarket where George Wood secured a valuable success aboard Knight Owl in the opener. Knight Owl gifted young rider George Wood his biggest career victory to ...