England cricket star and racing fan Jonny Bairstow is bowled over after his horse Indian Run powers to victory at prestigious York Ebor Festival

Jonny Bairstow didn’t get his hands on the Ashes, but the England wicketkeeper picked up a trophy at York he’ll never forget.

Bairstow is part of a fifteen-man syndicate that owns Indian Run, the two-year-old colt who showed his rivals a pair of clean heels in the Tatersalls Acomb Stakes, a Group Three race with a history of producing future stars. Last year, for example, the award was won by subsequent 2000 Guineas winner Chaldean.

Bairstow will be touring South Africa and New Zealand with England this winter, but he will cherish dreams of what next spring might bring, as there was plenty to like about the way Indian Run, who has been trained by Eve Johnson Houghton , went off without a hitch.

The Group One Dewhurst Stakes, held at Newmarket in October, and the race that usually decides the champion of the season will be next.

“I grew up in York, went to school in York and then wanted to be part of the winner of the Ebor meeting,” Bairstow said, gathering his thoughts. ‘Are we going for the 2000 Guineas? Who knows; we will keep our feet on the ground, but the dream is always there.’