'David Egan showed maturity, giving his horse the smoothest trip possible'

Eldar Eldarov broke very well from stall five while Sean Levey didn't get away so smoothly on Emily Dickinson, so the winner was taken straight back and managed to get in.

You could understand David Egan's thinking – he was keen to get cover, ideally with New London as a marker horse.

Levey nipped up his inside on Emily Dickinson, while Neil Callan held his pitch from stall two on Giavellotto. All that meant that after half a furlong there was a danger Eldar Eldarov would be trapped three wide.