Chindit

The 3-1 favourite passed Chindit with half a furlong to go, but Buick's left hand was cut as his rival snapped.

The 22-1 chance Chindit was long-time leader but took exception to being overtaken by Modern Games, baring his teeth and nipping at the champion jockey.

Winning jockey William Buick was bitten by runner-up Chindit as Modern Games stormed to victory in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.

The spokesman said it will share the "spirit of innovation" of the Burma Campaign of 1942 to 1945 and will also use the old Chindit insignia of a Chinthe, a mythical Burmese creature which is half-lion and half-dragon.

The one thing my father did not speak of was his experiences as a Chindit in the jungles of Burma.