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It's snappy and glorious as Khaadem scorches to Unibet Stewards' Cup glory

Khaadem: shows a scintillating turn of foot to land the Stewards' Cuo
Khaadem: shows a scintillating turn of foot to land the Stewards' CuoCredit: Alan Crowhurst

For a race that has been run since 1840, the Unibet Stewards' Cup has a thoroughly modern appeal.

We live in an age of instant gratification – swipe left, swipe right – but even the most diminished of attention spans would have been gripped by the spectacle of Khaadem's scorched-earth policy routing his 26 rivals in the showpiece.

As those prescient 19th-century Goodwood stewards clearly foresaw, a minute-and-a-bit's worth of high-octane sprint handicap is the perfect duration for social-media highlights.

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