 Beary elected to ride the Aga Khan's more fancied runner Rustom Pasha, while the ride on Blenheim went to Harry Wragg, a jockey whose expertise at holding up horses for a late run had earned him the nickname "The Head Waiter".The race attracted its customary huge crowd, with the spectators including the King and Queen as well as the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York.Blenheim started an 18/1 outsider in a field of seventeen.